I find it disgusting that you are calling people who are offended by something that is long known to be offensive irrational and having a knee jerk reaction.
Jesus, why do people keep comparing this to 1920s material? Those were intent to avoid hiring black actors and make heavy black stereotypes. She is doing neither.
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Err, no ? it pretty much only reflect that she think it's just as much part of a person aspect as eyes color.
It is a knee jerk reaction to equate her make up to century-old blackface. It's not a logical connection. the only similarity is that both darken their skin, and even that is different. She doesn't make her skin actually black, a normal brown shade. That is literally the only similarity. Darkening skin. Think how many things you do that share a slight similarity to awful things. Is it fair to act like you're doing the awful thing too?
Progressive blackface should be an obvious joke - like, she's not being outright disgustingly racist in her action. Its "good" blackface. The best kind of ignorance. One solid step from being okay and too many and far enough away from the immediately abrasive kind.
That's nice, but burying one's head in the sand regarding historical context and prejudice doesn't mean that the problem magically goes away. It's a Pollyanna construct that has no basis in reality. It would be nice if everyone had the attitude that people are all the same. It really, really would.
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of course its blackface, you can tell by the style of lips she did. Which directly match any blackface google search you do.is this blackface enough or is she just trying to emulate a popular and much beloved rapper? can i get a scale on what is and isn't blackface over here so i'm not too politically correct for you
What if a white person cosplays as James Brown and nails it perfectly. I mean, it's so good you would think he's the real James Brown at first glance. lets say this guy even has the dancing and singing spot on too. Is this guy offensive?
There are tons of things that would be just fine if you ignored historical context and lingering social issues.
Can't it be argued that ignoring the difference between century old black face and what this girl is doing is burying one's head in the sand regarding historical context as well?
Ahh, that's too bad. And here I thought that if you I tell you that you might offend people you would think about for a second. Instead you gave me snark.
History matters. To state otherwise is willful ignorance.
Your comparison falls flat because dressing up in blackface is not something white people just commonly do everyday in the US.
So I take it, yes you find that person's cosplay to be offensive. Why? What if he is just a huge James Brown fan? What if he was inspired by him? I would take a guy who works so hard to sing, dance, and look exactly like James Brown as a guy who takes it pretty seriously. So why is it offensive? Is it simply "Sorry, history says it's automatically offensive" to you? Would you tell the guy that because he is white, he cannot do a perfect portrayal of James Brown, but black people can?
Because racism is over, people should let it slide? These are hardly far removed issues.
None of what you said makes sense. Who cares how often cosplaying as black people happens? That has no meaning here. And it is 100% true that the only similarity between her cosplay and blackface is she darkened her skin, and much less than real blackface. I'm stating a truth here. The fact that that true statement disjointed her actions from blackface means you shouldn't treat her actions like blackface.
Not ignoring it at all. The modern picture posted earlier contradicts nothing that I said.
No, that's not what I said at all. I don't get how this is being missed so badly. People here are ignoring that she isn't making a racial stereotype and she's not impeding black actors/cosplayers in any way. This is the ignored historical context I am talking about.
