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News: White kid goes blackface to portray MLK; gets kicked out
Member Since: 8/20/2011
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Originally posted by Space
I'm scared to read the ignorance on the previous pages
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"It's not racist, he didn't know"
"If black people did whiteface it would be different"
"Wtf is blackface?"
Sums it all up.
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
Posts: 65,177
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Originally posted by Space
I'm scared to read the ignorance on the previous pages
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You have people comparing blackface to white paint on a mime artist's face.
You have people saying that they don't find it offensive but don't know the origin behind blackface.
And then you have those who understand the kid's intention but notes that it's the parents who should have known better.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Originally posted by giacobbe
if you were portraying an aboriginal and brought feathers, head piece, face paint, and a gown, does that make you racist?
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yes!!!!!
at the very least, it makes you incredibly insensitive!!!!!
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Member Since: 5/28/2010
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Originally posted by fortheloveofmusic
Racism will ALWAYS be here and relevant. What's fact is fact.So because we want to be equal, I'm going to just let everybody walk around in black face with a piece of fried chicken and watermelon on the side imitating black people or let black people make fun of white people?
We've already established that it's not the boy fault, but that doesn't mean that the act was wrong and shouldn't have been done. That's why I blame the parents.
and @ u comparing black face to slicking ur hair back acting like a dam mob boss
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Member Since: 8/17/2010
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Originally posted by Giacobbe
If you were portraying an Italian mob boss and you slicked your hair back and but on a beater, does that make you racist? If you were portraying an aboriginal and brought feathers, head piece, face paint, and a gown, does that make you racist? No. The same think goes with MLK. If anybody was racist it was that lady who reported them. We want to eliminate racism, yet we constantly treat black people as a touchy subject? Nobody makes a big deal out of the ones I listed above? MLK and black people in general are no different, and if you call someone out and make a big deal out of it, than YOU are the one who is racist. We want so badly to have equality, so why treat black people differently for that kind of stuff? Don't single them out when we're trying to blend them in, THAT is racism.
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Hm. I see where you're coming from, but you seem to be missing the point that going "blackface" is seen as offensive more because of its origins, rather than what it actually is.
During American slavery, white men used to dress up in blackface and portray slaves as happy people who sang songs and ate watermelon all day. Clearly, you can understand the issues with that.
It's similar to the n-word, in a way, I guess. Most of its offensiveness comes from its previous usage, not its current usage...however, it's still regarded as offensive (and probably rightfully so...)
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Will
"It's not racist, he didn't know"
"If black people did whiteface it would be different"
"Wtf is blackface?"
Sums it all up.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Summary:
You have people comparing blackface to white paint on a mime artist's face.
You have people saying that they don't find it offensive but don't know the origin behind blackface.
And then you have those who understand the kid's intention but notes that it's the parents who should have known better.
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bless you both
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Member Since: 12/4/2010
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Originally posted by nezLaos
ugh, you just dont get it. the point is, if i catch you doing it im beating the **** out of you.
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Omffffff
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
Posts: 65,177
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Originally posted by fortheloveofmusic
Racism will ALWAYS be here and relevant. What's fact is fact.So because we want to be equal, I'm going to just let everybody walk around in black face with a piece of fried chicken and watermelon on the side imitating black people or let black people make fun of white people?
We've already established that it's not the boy fault, but that doesn't mean that the act was wrong and shouldn't have been done. That's why I blame the parents.
and @ u comparing black face to slicking ur hair back acting like a dam mob boss
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Right.
And like Drais said, open up a history book, or at least use Google. These girls use Google for sales receipts for their favorites. They can surely use Google on a subject like this to avoid looking a damn fool.
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Member Since: 3/7/2011
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you guys take things way to personally... Seriously?
I won't understand why some things can be so offensive to people sometimes. And he is a kid, lbr here, he never meant it as in a racist way
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Member Since: 8/17/2010
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Originally posted by Doc
Omffffff
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I still can't get over that gif.
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Member Since: 5/19/2012
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Originally posted by ddeizaguirre
If a black kid did it. It would be "cute" this is ********. I think the school is racist tbh.
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When Beyonce painted her face Brown she got all kind of flack for it. So what are you talking about?
Black Face and minstrel shows were not offensive simply because performers darkened their skin. it was offensive, because of how the white people decorated themselves and acted.
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Member Since: 8/17/2010
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Originally posted by Yourfavefan
you guys take things way to personally... Seriously?
I won't understand why some things can be so offensive to people sometimes. And he is a kid, lbr here, he never meant it as in a racist way
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You know what, I'll give you a wonderful wikipedia link. Enjoy the knowledge.
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Member Since: 8/31/2011
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Originally posted by Doc
Omffffff
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that gif lmaoooooooooooooooooooooo
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Member Since: 5/4/2011
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Originally posted by ddeizaguirre
If a black kid did it. It would be "cute" this is ********. I think the school is racist tbh.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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incidents like this still have the power to be intensely hurtful, regardless of intent. the act of putting on black face has been imbued with hundreds of years of intense racism and harmful stereotypes - it doesn't really matter that this child is naive and probably didn't intend to hurt anybody.
really, I just can't believe his parents let him do this.
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Member Since: 11/6/2010
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Poor kid, though. He seems so innocent in that news report.
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Drais be on it!
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Member Since: 8/17/2010
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Originally posted by Space
incidents like this still have the power to be intensely hurtful, regardless of intent. the act of putting on black face has been imbued with hundreds of years of intense racism and harmful stereotypes - it doesn't really matter that this child is naive and probably didn't intend to hurt anybody.
really, I just can't believe his parents let him do this.
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Wonderfully said.
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Why are his parents to blame? There is NOTHING wrong with this. If it had been Abraham Lincoln and he'd gone without his face painted, it'd be fine. But since he was portraying a black man and he was not born black, it's wrong, it's his parents fault, they deserve to be shot, etc. That's ridiculous.
He wasn't being funny or disrespectful, he was trying to portray MLK, and his parents supported him. People who have a problem with that have to realize how stupid that makes them look.
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Member Since: 6/4/2010
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Right.
And like Drais said, open up a history book, or at least use Google. These girls use Google for sales receipts for their favorites. They can surely use Google on a subject like this to avoid looking a damn fool.
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A mess. All the people in this thread that have no knowledge of blackface is creepy.
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Member Since: 11/6/2010
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Originally posted by ethan
Why are his parents to blame? There is NOTHING wrong with this. If it had been Abraham Lincoln and he'd gone without his face painted, it'd be fine. But since he was portraying a black man and he was not born black, it's wrong, it's his parents fault, they deserve to be shot, etc. That's ridiculous.
He wasn't being funny or disrespectful, he was trying to portray MLK, and his parents supported him. People who have a problem with that have to realize how stupid that makes them look.
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You aren't from America are you?
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