white people dressing up as blackface

Specialun

so is this racist.

antoine griezzman has caused a bit of stir on twitter tonight as he went full blackface

is white folk going full blackface racist or is this people going full retard too easily

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Specialun wrote: »

so is this racist.

antoine griezzman has caused a bit of stir on twitter tonight as he went full blackface

is white folk going full blackface racist or is this people going full retard too easily

What do you think yourself?

Fr_Dougal

Not the slightest bit racist. Great costume actually.

milehip

Who's a racist now?

Cee-Jay-Cee

No it’s simply arseholes being offended on behalf of the people who they think should get offended by it but actually aren’t.

HONKEY TONK

Nope. Its just people choosing to be offended.

There is no malice behind it

Permabear

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Gatling

There goes 20 million off his valuation ,

Someone call Jose

Rjd2

Permabear wrote: »

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I'd advise anyone against it, even if you have the best intentions, going to get hammered by the above supposedly well meaning people.

Specialun

Permabear wrote: »

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virtue who..wtf is that

JimmyMcGill

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

No it’s simply arseholes being offended on behalf of the people who they think should get offended by it but actually aren’t.

If you were in front of me I'd shake your hand.

kfallon

There was the Diane Abbott costume at the Darts earlier this week too, that caused a stir! A bookmaker on Twitter sent out a halfarsed apology for tweeting the pic after the outrage brigade piped up!

AnneFrank

It's a great costume, a bit like the golliwogs of old

Dr Crayfish

Is he a f**king eejit though? The man is always in the public eye and he goes blackface. And tweets it. Moron.

redarmyblues

Here is the test, walk across 125th in Manhattan wearing (1) Blackface (2) A Superman outfit
and see which outfit is the most successful from a humorous point of view.

Specialun

dont know how to attach it properly. v funny

Rjd2

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Is he a f**king eejit though? The man is always in the public eye and he goes blackface. And tweets it. Moron.

There is an argument to be had whether it is racist or not, however think everyone can agree its incredibly stupid for someone in the public eye to be doing it. I genuinely am shocked that he thought it would no big deal when he posted it.

AnneFrank

Ah ffs he deleted it now because of the snowflakes reaction,

kfallon

Saw a doctored pic on Twitter of Griezmann tonight with the flute of yer man who is appearing in loads of pics/videos on him :pac:

Ulysses Gaze

AnneFrank wrote: »

Ah ffs he deleted it now because of the snowflakes reaction,

And tweeted an apology

HONKEY TONK

Rjd2 wrote: »

There is an argument to be had whether it is racist or not, however think everyone can agree its incredibly stupid for someone in the public eye to be doing it. I genuinely am shocked that he thought it would no big deal when he posted it.

Its not a big deal. There was 0% racist intent behind it.

What shocks you about it?

FTA69

AnneFrank wrote: »

It's a great costume, a bit like the golliwogs of old

Golliwogs are racist. Blackface has a pretty terrible history. Personally I’d listen to what black people are saying about it. I’ve never heard a black person be A-ok with golliwogs or that kind of sh*t to be honest.

wakka12

Don't see how its racist at all tbh if you're dressing up as a character or celebrity who happens to be black. If you're dressing up as an imitation 'gangster black guy/simply a charicature of a race I guess thats a bit much

JimmyMcGill

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

And tweeted an apology

That's worse than his original tweet. FFS what black man is gonna look at that and get offended? Very few I'd imagine.

longshanks

wakka12 wrote: »

Don't see how its racist at all tbh if you're dressing up as a character or celebrity who happens to be black. If you're dressing up as an imitation 'gangster black guy/simply a charicature of a race I guess thats a bit much

Don't see how it's racist? Well it's using skin colour as a joke to start with.

Rjd2

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Its not a big deal. There was 0% racist intent behind it.

What shocks you about it?

It does not annoy me as there was no malice behind it, but surely he should have some sort of clue that this would annoy a lot of people which for someone in the public eye is pretty stupid?
Its 2017 ffs.

JupiterKid

I don’t think it was racist per se, but it was inappropriate and is thankfully consigned to the dustbin of history.

I can certainly understand how black people would find it offensive.

Richard Hillman

I have only ever seen white people getting offended over this. I remember a kid dressed up as Chris Kamara for Halloween one year, loads of white people got offended on his behalf, Kammy loved it.

White people who get offended on behalf of black people are the true racists. They believe black people are so inferior that they cannot articulate their own dissatisfaction.

wakka12

longshanks wrote: »

Don't see how it's racist? Well it's using skin colour as a joke to start with.

Dressing up as a celebrity who happens to be black isn't making fun of the colour of their skin. If I dress up as a white hollywood celebrity am I making fun of their skin colour? No thats stupid

AnneFrank

So was Michael jackson racist for bleaching his skin white then?

Outlaw Pete

longshanks wrote: »

Don't see how it's racist? Well it's using skin colour as a joke to start with.

So what? That's hardly an inherently racist thing to do. Context, as ever, is key.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeVkbNka9HM

Another example, would be Dwayne Wade (NBA player) whitefacing on Halloween to go as Justin Timberlake.