Can someone explain to me why it's racist to wear make up that makes you look like the character that you're trying to look like?
if I had a halloween costume and used blackface makeup to look like lil wayne, why is that racist.
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10-31-2015, 03:33 PM #1Synthetic ManChild
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I have always been at a loss as to why "BlackFace" makeup is considered racist...
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10-31-2015, 03:33 PM #2Registered User
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I dont understand it either, someone aware us
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10-31-2015, 03:34 PM #3most hated
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check your privilege OP
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10-31-2015, 03:34 PM #4Banned
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Always brings the lulz
Wouldn't be offended if a black guy wore white facepaint at all
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10-31-2015, 03:35 PM #5Registered User
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Because it was done in stage shows in which blacks were portrayed as inferior beings at a time when they were treated as such.
By wearing blackface, you are stating you agree with those ideals.
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10-31-2015, 03:39 PM #6Staunch Nationalist
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Something to do with the 1920's or something. When they did it back then they would dress up in blackface and portray an ignorant black person? Not racist in the context you are portraying it in.
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10-31-2015, 03:43 PM #7Deus Vult
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Same. Out of all the things to get upset about, it seems pretty silly to me. That is just me though.
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10-31-2015, 03:45 PM #8Premium Gold Member
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It was used to push black sterotypes through entertainment in the 19th century and now has a bad reputation
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10-31-2015, 03:45 PM #9Buy high, sell higher.
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Lol I've wondered this too.
Michael Jackson painted himself white and there was literally zero uproar over THAT....Spoiler alert; you die at the end.
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10-31-2015, 03:46 PM #10Synthetic ManChild
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Originally Posted by PatheticPeter
what??
No, but that's not true.
Maybe it's true that people wore black face paint and made fun of black people as inferior beings.
But if I did it today, I'm not AUTOMATICALLY forced to agree with those ideals. I'm just wearing a costume to look like a character, and that character happens to be black. Anything else is just ignoring Race.
Racism isn't the acknowledgement that races exist.
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10-31-2015, 03:46 PM #11Resident Libtard
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Maybe racist isn't precise enough. How about dehumanizing, tasteless, tacky?
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10-31-2015, 03:50 PM #12Colonel in the hightower
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Oh I don't know....probably just to keep you from having fun
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10-31-2015, 03:50 PM #13Registered User
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Because blackface?
I do agree with you though. I don't understand it being offensive nowadays seeing as most people mean no ill will when they put it on. It'd be best if you didn't do it because most people probably associate it with black face from history.Serving life in prison with Gynecomastia and no parole.
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10-31-2015, 03:52 PM #14Salad Fingers
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Because 99% of the time the person doing blackface IS racist, he's not racist BECAUSE he's doing blackface. I don't think Robert Downey Jr is racist because he played a black guy in Tropic Thunder.The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the proliferation of stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the "dandified coon".
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10-31-2015, 03:52 PM #15Registered User
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Im pretty sure a black mask is ok, just not paint. But ill have to check with an authority on the subject.
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10-31-2015, 03:56 PM #16Registered User
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If you want to wear blackface then do it. Who's stopping you? Same goes for saying nicca.
It's a semi free country, knock yourself out.
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10-31-2015, 03:57 PM #17Deus Vult
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looooool holy chit at the little girlOriginally Posted by TremblingEagle
Oh I don't know....probably just to keep you from having fun
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lmaoOriginally Posted by TremblingEagle
Oh I don't know....probably just to keep you from having fun
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10-31-2015, 04:03 PM #20
dress up in a kkk hood
that's not racist
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10-31-2015, 04:07 PM #21Grower not a shower
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Not personally offended by it but I know it was used in the past as a way to mock black people by white actors long ago. Actors would use black face to and put on performances with racist and stereotypical undertones.
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10-31-2015, 04:10 PM #22Banned
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legit loldOriginally Posted by TremblingEagle
Oh I don't know....probably just to keep you from having fun
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10-31-2015, 04:11 PM #23Staunch Nationalist
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Not gonna lie that is racist, but I was literally laughing out loud the entire time. I feel bad now I'm gonna go check my privledge somewhereOriginally Posted by TremblingEagle
Oh I don't know....probably just to keep you from having fun
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10-31-2015, 04:13 PM #24Og of retards
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I saw a white guy with it Thursday night, he had the face on with dreads.
At first I felt weird because it was the first time I saw it in real life then I thought about it and realized the poor guy probably just wanted to dress up like a Rastafarian....probably meant no harm and the other black people around didn't seem to mind.
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10-31-2015, 04:13 PM #25Registered User
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It's because blackface originated in racist minstrel shows that were done to mock black people. blackface is NEVER ok.
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10-31-2015, 04:17 PM #27Kobe The GOATBE
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10-31-2015, 04:18 PM #28Platinum User™
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Originally Posted by PatheticPeter
orrrrrrrrrrrr its just halloween
but its cool if its reversed of course
A million miles away - I don't.. feel.... anything.
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10-31-2015, 04:18 PM #29Registered User
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The thing that amazes me is how people are STILL doing it.
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10-31-2015, 04:19 PM #30it's mostly this brahs. totally understand that if u dress up as a black person it doesn't make u racist and there's nothing inherently wrong or disrespectful about it. the use of this particular costume in history though has forever tarnished its reputation, simple as that.Originally Posted by BieberFeverBrah
it's kinda like the hitler moustache. if u wanna have that style of facial hair then no of course it doesn't make u white supremacist or jew hater or anything like that, but u can bet a lot of money that most people are going to find it in poor taste and shake their head.
there's nothing inherently offensive about a lot of things, they're just offensive because of what they're associated with. some things will forever carry negative connotations, black mask is arguably one of them.
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