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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYou really don’t understand what blackface is.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoI think you’re the confused one
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoNo I’m not. A white actor putting on dark-skinned makeup to play a black person is literally blackface. I have no idea what you think blackface is, but you’re wrong.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIt has to be a racist depiction Shit like this https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/STELIW3P3CDQ-KaLiTV427gxUtw=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2CZ6Y2D72UI6HFOGBJ5KQCDUXQ.jpg If it’s just a black character then it doesn’t matter
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIt is racist just by virtue of being a white person playing a black person. FFS. Where are you even getting this from?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agothat’s not racist, nor is a black person in white or asian role Get with the times
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI’m guessing you don’t know any black people, but you probably should go find one and ask them if they agree with you.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoCool. Then ask the black people they know if they think a white actor playing a black character is blackface. You might be surprised.
You really don’t understand what blackface is.
I think you’re the confused one
No I’m not. A white actor putting on dark-skinned makeup to play a black person is literally blackface.
I have no idea what you think blackface is, but you’re wrong.
It has to be a racist depiction
Shit like this https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/STELIW3P3CDQ-KaLiTV427gxUtw=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2CZ6Y2D72UI6HFOGBJ5KQCDUXQ.jpg
If it’s just a black character then it doesn’t matter
It is racist just by virtue of being a white person playing a black person. FFS. Where are you even getting this from?
that’s not racist, nor is a black person in white or asian role
Get with the times
I’m guessing you don’t know any black people, but you probably should go find one and ask them if they agree with you.
I do, we are leftists
Cool. Then ask the black people they know if they think a white actor playing a black character is blackface. You might be surprised.