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Originally Posted by CelticsFan9783
It's because the original Blackface was more than just a costume. It was literally an attempt to degrade a mass of people. I see your point that some peoples' nerves can be touched when a non-black person paints their face brown. Sure, it can invoke that piece of history. But I also believe that the intent truly does matter.Originally Posted by CurbYourEnthusiasm
Originally Posted by Jking0821
If you wore actual black face costume that is racists. What I have been saying all along about intent. If dressing up as an individual of another race was so insidiously racist it should infuriate every person of the mocked race.....which this thread proves it doesn't.
It seems you sir are super offended by black face. That doesn't mean everyone is. My friend was barak obama 4 years ago and lives with 3 other black kids at college. They thought it was hilarious.....
You saying intent is irrelevant is your 100% opinion. That is no where near fact.
i know black dudes that are okay with white people using the N word around them too....whats your point?
what if youre driving and someone hits you head on at 85 mph....paralyzes you
when they say "it wasnt my intent to paralyze you"
what then?
(i find it hilarious you seriously said "if someone wears a blackface costume (whatever the +#+$ that is) its racist, but dressing IN BLACKFACE to be a specific black person isnt".......you literally think that. and that's funny to me.)
If a guy is walking down the street with a black mustache that looks a bit like that of Hitler's, should Jewish people be offended? Maybe, but you have to consider the mustached guy's point of view. If you have a problem with someone's actions, you should try communicating with them for you label them and walk around the rest of the day with your panties in a bunch.
oh so real facial hair growing out of your face that maybe looks like hitlers is the same as changing your skin color/hair type with paint?
oh.
and wearing your mustache in a particular fashion is the same as "dressing up" once a year with body paint in order to mock being "black"?
oh.
only communication for them is a stoneface, and if they wanna exchange words i can slap them around and perpetuate some stereotypes myself, too.
Originally Posted by Jking0821
Black face costume. As stated before this is not what people are wearing. Completely black face and big red lips. This is racist.
You are comparing getting paralyzed to you getting offended by a costume....come on fam. If my friend punches me in the face by accident I forget about it and move on. If he punches me in the face on purpose we have a problem. I feel bad for you if you walk around are are easily this offended by every little thing. You must spend a lot of time being angry.
wait, im confused.
this whole time i thought the offensive nature of blackface was due to the white man literally painting his skin and face black to adapt the role of a black man....
turns out
its the cigarette, top hat and white gloves which make it a "blackface costume"
not the actual black face
its the gloves, cigarette and top hat that make the image offensive, not the actual white face painted black....
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
thanks.
im no longer offended by white people painting their skin black then perpetuating negative stereotypes in jest around large groups of other white people.
thanks NT.
also, yes, i walk around angry because white people commonly do this all the time. its not one person every other year for halloween that i randomly see, no, i see white kids not intending to be racist in blackface almost hourly, man....im so angry all the time.