This seems like a culture clash thing. A lot of cultures don't understand the dark history of blackface because it happened more in American than say Saudi Arabia or Ukraine. Americans were the ones that used it to mock black people and there are just some people from across the world that just don't know American history and why this sort of thing is cringey and unacceptable.
I dont wanna defend influencers. But almost all of them appear to be from nations other than the US. Blackface is not a universal symbol of racism, it's an American symbol of racism (and rightly so). It would also be good that if you are showing solidarity with a movement that has started in the US to be sensitive to its cultural norms. But none of this actually are offensive in the sense that an american audience would imagine.
To be fair, this is still kinda trashy for other reasons. Like using the tragedy for trying some makeup.
art_teacher_no_1 on June 9th, 2020 at 14:57 UTC »
Nothing like "blackface" to bring about racial healing.
Cringesque on June 9th, 2020 at 16:04 UTC »
This seems like a culture clash thing. A lot of cultures don't understand the dark history of blackface because it happened more in American than say Saudi Arabia or Ukraine. Americans were the ones that used it to mock black people and there are just some people from across the world that just don't know American history and why this sort of thing is cringey and unacceptable.
alialialiaway on June 9th, 2020 at 17:36 UTC »
I dont wanna defend influencers. But almost all of them appear to be from nations other than the US. Blackface is not a universal symbol of racism, it's an American symbol of racism (and rightly so). It would also be good that if you are showing solidarity with a movement that has started in the US to be sensitive to its cultural norms. But none of this actually are offensive in the sense that an american audience would imagine.
To be fair, this is still kinda trashy for other reasons. Like using the tragedy for trying some makeup.