Is This Blackface? vol. Olympic Edition

[hoosier bad boy 11]

I say this is a reach but what are you guys take on this?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

just a thought...maybe they didn't think it was malicious? like they didn't intend it to be. sometimes insults aren't insults, and its only taken as an insult based on perspective. you also have to understand the context. i mean i get how it could've offended people, but it's not like it was used in a derogatory or intentionally offensive way.

Just sit this one out man.

 

[tr1ll]

I say this is a reach but what are you guys take on this?

Probably one of the greatest reaches in the past 5 years.

 

[Mark Antony]

That's my cue to lay low off the internet for the day.

 

[cashbanks]

that jordan **** doesn't even make sense

 

[atlsfinest]

I say this is a reach but what are you guys take on this?

Probably one of the greatest reaches in the past 5 years.

This is a Dhalsim, Street Fighter-reach, Stretch Armstrong-reach
Apparently anything that us primary black and red is blackface? How about the Bulls logo?

 

[coldcity]

I say this is a reach but what are you guys take on this?

I’m more surprised 23iswack is still alive

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

Hitch>>>>

 

[hand2handking]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Nick Cannon Calls Out Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel For Previous Blackface Skits, Rebuts Accusations of Hypocrisy - https://atlantablackstar.com/2019/0...ckface-skits-rebuts-accusations-of-hypocrisy/

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Not sure what we should call this, but this has to be called SOMETHING

Similar to what was initially done with Pink, having her looking like a lightskinned girl

 

[Xennial]

I heard the Pink situation was LA Reid trying to pull a fast one on the people

 

[hand2handking]

Lol at its gotta be something

 

[tr1ll]

Not sure what we should call this, but this has to be called SOMETHING

Similar to what was initially done with Pink, having her looking like a lightskinned girl

PINK. NEVER. LOOKED. LIGHT SKINNED.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

They damn sure ha me fooled. And her nose isn't completely Caucasoid either. Yea, they got me.

 

[Nouss]

Yea, I thought Pink was a light skin black chick at first.

 

[Xennial]

Most ppl weren't sure if Pink was white or black, probably has something to do with her crazy longevity

 

[sooperhooper]

White girl that i worked with back in the day looks like that now.

Funny but similar. Idk f I'd consider this offensive. More like 'imitation is a form of flattery' thing. Same with bhabie

 

[Nouss]

Lmao that's funny as hell.

 

[hand2handking]

 

[niceshoes247]

 

[hand2handking]

School, Community Outraged After Video Shows Illinois Teens in Blackface

https://wtvr.com/2019/04/30/school-community-outraged-after-video-shows-illinois-teens-in-blackface/

FLOSSMOOR, Ill. -- Students and parents at suburban Homewood-Flossmoor High School were upset after seeing a photo and video of white students in blackface on social media.

A video and photos of three white teens in blackface going through a drive-thru was shared over the weekend. In it, one of the teens was wearing a Homewood-Floosmoor sweatshirt.

Some parents said some students were in tears over the social media incident in class Monday.

"I hate it. I feel really bad for the community. I hate the attention that it's brought to our community,” parent Opal Ray said.

The student body at Homewood-Flossmoor is nearly 70 percent African American.

In a letter sent to parents, the district said the posts were “highly offensive and culturally insensitive.” The letter went on to say the posts were “not representative of the high expectations we have for all students who attend our school.”

The mayors of both Homewood and Flossmoor issued a joint statement calling the images “highly offensive.” They said the villages have “come together to show solidarity in our condemnation of this type of behavior.”

Some parents who know the students in the videos defended them and said they just didn’t know what blackface meant.

However, students who saw the video called it blatantly racist and said that in 2019, there can be no excuse.

“We learned about this stuff when we were in middle school. We learned about it when we were even younger than that,” senior Acque Warner said.

The district superintendent did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Administrators have met with the students involved and their parents. Due to confidentiality laws, the district is not discussing what action has been taken with the boys involved.

Students are planning a protest and walkout Tuesday over what happened. The principal has urged students to remain calm in coming together to move forward.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Some parents who know the students in the videos defended them and said they just didn’t know what blackface meant.

Ok man

 

[blastercombo]

Some parents who know the students in the videos defended them and said they just didn’t know what blackface meant.

Ok man

“Just kids” only works when white.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I always wonder how these situations play out when they are seen in public by Black folks that know them.