White trick-or-treaters in blackface: C/D?

if she was wearing those clothes in blackface i'd still have to be told what it is (and i've watched luther)

what the fuck is Luther

Luther is a British psychological crime drama television series starring Idris Elba as the title character Detective Chief Inspector John Luther.

With some of the most beautiful pictures of London this century

As someone who would (instinctively) not dress up in blackface, I really want to know what goes through the minds of people who do.

It's a sunshiny cliché for people to say "I don't see color," but for white people that do this, it's true -- that they don't see the color of other white people. But skin that's darker or eye folds that are different leap out to some people.

You notice the blind person with the fogged-up eyes, but you walk past hundreds of people a day with sight and don't think much of it. I'm sure there are some white people who have gotten the flour makeup out to do Johnny or Edgar Winter because their skin is noticeably different.

This does not excuse or pardon or give a pass to any person over the age of six to don a costume mimicking another race. And the kid under six doesn't get a pass because they better have an adult telling them no. But I am trying to explain, to get in the head, of someone not usually showing off racist characteristics thinking this is an approachable idea.

When I was in 5th grade, they used to put on this talent show based on the lip-synch show "Puttin' on the Hits". A buddy of mine and I were riding home on the school bus when he tells me he's thinking about lip-synching "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbot. We talk about how it's a pretty smooth song, how he'll need to match the clothes in the video and also is he going to wear black makeup? Eventually, he got a little stage fright before even submitting his name to the talent director, so nothing ever became of it.

I don't think we were nasty racists, but definitely we were ignorant and insensitive to a few things. To us, black (or brown, or heck - in Gregory Abbot's case - very light brown) skin was as much of a distinctive feature as the mole on Aaron Neville's forehead. But I would tell that 10-year-old pplains (or even better, my IRL kids) that there's a lot of horrible history associated with dressing up and parodying people who don't look like us. And besides, going out of our way to hammer home that a celebrity or other person looks different is one of the many things that keeps that line drawn between some of us.

I don't know if I've explained this very well and I sure do feel weird posting it, but why would someone dress up in blackface? I guess at one time a long time ago, I thought I knew why.

And this is more for people like that actress who dressed up like the black character from the prison show. Anyone who dress up like Trayvon should also have a gun pointed at them.

And I don't care how much shoe polish you've got, you're never going to pass for Stringer Bell.

How would a white person dress up as that dude on the left in that picture? All his clothes look the same.

Did I tell this story? I don't think I did here.

My third grade class wasn't 100% white but it was close and thus I (I'm white btw) played Harriet Tubman in a play. I asked the teacher if I should wear brown makeup because I was 8 and my class was nearly all white and I had no idea about the history of blackface. I am not even confident that my parents would have known better. In my memory the teacher was initially going to go with it but thank fuck either she had some insight or somebody stepped in (either happening being against the odds as this was ~ 80/81 in a very rural and very white area) because it didn't happen. I mean, I still played Harriet Tubman in a play but not in black face.

I also still remember my opening lines: "My name is Harriet Tubman, or 'Moses' to those I helped. As a child, I was whipped and beaten by my slave master."

in fourth grade i played a rapping vince lombardi

that felt relevant

Talking about blackface here, not gasface.

Well, I can't tell how light or dark this fella is IRL, but that's not really the point for this one, is it?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0agBgmCMAA8nS9.png

http://i.imgur.com/UvYoV6f.png

http://i.minus.com/isq3OGBdCJWVI.gif

why are they the only ones in costume

That was probably my third or fourth question.

obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten)
Posted: October 29, 2013 at 6:50:07 PM
"what the fuck is Luther"

Is this your "I've never heard the Beatles knowingly" moment here or

https://38.media.tumblr.com/52ce7827d1827e2d7dac395757dee69d/tumblr_ne668bD5ki1qhw292o1_500.jpg

My son's best friend is going as "a jamaican". Not in blackface, but with a dreadlock wig. No idea what the fuck to even say when I run into him tonight.

You do get white Jamaicans

Repeatedly refer to it as an Adam Duritz costume

^^irl lol

You know, I've been stewing about this for the last 20 minutes or so, grumpily texting about it with my wife, who's really bummed out. But now I'm thinking maybe if I stick close to this kid tonight I can score some herb.

Rofl DJP

Ras Treat

not ALL gabi's ‏@scabbygabi

Good save

http://i.imgur.com/2kAOsEJ.jpg

Nice save, body paint company!

"Due to U.S. Copyright issues, we are unable to show you the blue paint."

"I don't care if you paint yourself black, yellow, red, or green . . ."

No purple??

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Musical_notes.svg/30px-Musical_notes.svg.png It's the most wonderful time of the year...http://www.angelfire.com/in/sassyshideout/images/SongListAniMusicNotesR.gif

http://i.imgur.com/EG0JZOJ.jpg

http://www.fox10tv.com/story/30349647/decatur-teacher-apologizes-for-wearing-black-face

Honestly, I'm just about as offended that she thinks she's pulling off Kim Kardashian.

Took me a second. They're dressed as hieroglyphics, not the Egyptians themselves...

http://i.imgur.com/s1OtdMZ.jpg

... but boy are they walking the line there.

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http://i.imgur.com/8MkW5Ut.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/89QkeKs.jpg

i've been watching all in the family episode by episode from season 5 forward and hoo boy, some of the places this show goes are pure wtf and a good heads up as to how the culture has shifted over the past forty years... the key joke in the "Gloria has a baby" two parter is that Archie leaves his lodge's minstrel show in blackface to get to the hospital.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMlpCLPCtx4

NB the series of rape jokes at 5.40

Usually days like today are prime for mining horrible examples of white trick-or-treaters in blackface. However, it's just gotten worse and more depressing in the past year.

I know, "When was it not depressing?" I guess you'd hope things would improve with each passing year, not break records for how low the bar keeps getting dropped.

Recently read a good thread on social media from an ILXor, listing some of the worst recent incidents. And it's not just the tastelessness that hits you, it's how brazen and open these assholes are about pulling it off these days. It's almost as if they feel emboldened to do so.

That said, I enjoyed these fellas. Hope the guy on the right didn't get confused with being a white guy wearing a dreadlock wig though I personally would've appreciated the meta on that one.

https://i.imgur.com/BmjljUp.jpg

djp has a roundup of this year's examples on fb

^ Yeah. That ILXor.

That picture created so much reverse racism whining.

reverse racism whining

thereby confirming the whiner's steadfast and unshakeable belief that whites in blackface are racists. amirite?

lol at khakis

American politicians go blackface.

But not Canadians: https://time.com/5680759/justin-trudeau-brownface-photo/

What the fuck is wrong with all these people?

Milkshake Trudeau is Racist.

I can’t believe he did it so many times! And he was 29!! Shameful.

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/blackface-tv-episodes-scenes-removed-streaming.html

NBC was a big fan of blackface gags

They were also the network that played The Apprentice. Something not right been up with them for awhile.

Countdown to the discovery of long-missing The Apprentice: Blackface Challenge tapes...