That's the thing, we don't have that in Europe thus we're not sensitive to it.
The history of black face originated in Europe...the only reason it isn't a problem there is because black people make up such a minuscule percent of the population.
In Europe it's not a problem to have black faces cause we ACTUALLY don't have an issue with skin color! I don't even get the hate when they do in the USA black face.... it's just a color of skin... The color of the skin is so insignificant as the color of the eye. Having problem cause someone made his skin darker in order to look like the desired effect is really promoting racism.
white Europeans don't have a problem with blackface, black Europeans do have a problem with blackface.
You're not even making sense. Black face was used for hundreds of years as a way to mock black people and make them out to be less than human.
I'm not sure why white people want to do blackface so bad, kinda like how they desparately want to use the N word. Its incredibly offensive and does nothing to benefit society. And just because you live in a country where black face is the norm doesn't make it okay or give you the right to be racially insensitive even if you live in a monoethnic culture.
But OH MY GOD she is a normal white girl, but her goal was to make the closest impression of Rihanna INCLUDING HER LOOK! Can you imagine her impresonating Riri in that outfit and everything and looking this pale:
You're not even making sense. Black face was used for hundreds of years as a way to mock black people and make them out to be less than human.
Not here
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But we do...
Not in my country and reading posts of others, neither in theirs...
It's a tv show about impersonating for ****s sake
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But OH MY GOD she is a normal white girl, but her goal was to make the closest impression of Rihanna INCLUDING HER LOOK! Can you imagine her impresonating Riri in that outfit and everything and looking this pale:
But OH MY GOD she is a normal white girl, but her goal was to make the closest impression of Rihanna INCLUDING HER LOOK! Can you imagine her impresonating Riri in that outfit and everything and looking this pale:
She could've gone on the stage in her Rihanna gown, with her Rihanna voice and her Rihanna mannerisms and her Rihanna weave and it would've been obvious that she was impersonating Rihanna. No need to paint her skin.
She could've gone on the stage in her Rihanna gown, with her Rihanna voice and her Rihanna mannerisms and her Rihanna weave and it would've been obvious that she was impersonating Rihanna. No need to paint her skin.
But she would probably look ridiculous People in her really don't even care. Nobody from the judges even mentioned that when they were talking about her impression. I also didn't even notic, before you guys in here pointed that.
In Europe it's not a problem to have black faces cause we ACTUALLY don't have an issue with skin color! I don't even get the hate when they do in the USA black face.... it's just a color of skin... The color of the skin is so insignificant as the color of the eye. Having problem cause someone made his skin darker in order to look like the desired effect is really promoting racism.
L O freaking L! Delusional! Europe is just as racist if not more racist! Just because there aren't a large black population that's vocal doesn't mean that Europe is some kind of colorblind utopia! Minstrel shows existed (and clearly still exists) there so all this BS excuses don't work! But y'all tried it!
ok but that was her voice or rihanna's??? she sounded like rihanna
hers, she slayed the performance
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But she would probably look ridiculous People in her really don't even care. Nobody from the judges even mentioned that when they were talking about her impression. I also didn't even notic, before you guys in here pointed that.
L O freaking L! Delusional! Europe is just as racist if not more racist! Just because there aren't a large black population that's vocal doesn't mean that Europe is some kind of colorblind utopia! Minstrel shows existed (and clearly still exists) there so all this BS excuses don't work! But y'all tried it!
There's no nation wide scale issue with police shooting people for sole reason they're black in any European country. I'd say Europe is less racist by default hun.
And white people are not sensitive to it.
The difference between here and American is that we still silence minorities and shame them for standing up for themselves because we don't see them as part of Europe, we see them as 'visitors' or whatever and then still act as if racism doesn't occur here.
Racism in Europe exists but it's not for skin color! Get real people... If there is an imitation show and you have to be Rihanna you will put dark make-up... If i was a black woman and I had to be Lady Gaga on the show I would put white make up. Or that isn't offensive? I don't remember "white chicks" being offensive for me as a white person. That's rooted racism and shame for skin-color. That shame might have been in the past but now it must stop. Skin color is not important at all.
There's no nation wide scale issue with police shooting people for sole reason they're black in any European country. I'd say Europe is less racist by default hun.
Ignorant Ass HELL!!
Just because there are no shootings, there is t racism or discrimination based on skin color?
Also it happened many times before and it is just so normal
There was another WHITE GIRL impresonating BRUNO MARS and look how she killed it with that look. People were impressed and nobody was like "Oh, but she darkened her skin! That's so rasist!"
The outfit, the geatures, hairstyle and tattoo along with the songs should have been enough! There would be no mistaking that she was impersonating rihanna! But you guys are always claim to be colorblind and not racist when it comes to issues like this then show your lack of "colorblindness" and full on racism when it comes to other issues that see black people on the other end of the stick! Nice try, we see right through you all!