#"blackface

[bideogaymes]

the AI blackface history and cooking channels, AI blackface music, & influencers… we cant have nothing! there’s always someone not of our ethnic groups or communities profiting off our shit.

shamelessness is at an all time high.

a white European tech bro from the netherlands created and monetized this youtube channel and many more trafficking in AI blackface.

article spoken about linked here:

The Hungry Historian: Digital Blackface, AI Slop, and Soul Food Deception — soulfoodetc

Last week, an elder family friend told me they followed a popular YouTube page called The Hungry Historian , which uses historical reel foo

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Black scholars criticize white writer's 'dehumanizing' use of blackface to write book on U.S. race relations | CBC News

Canadian journalist Sam Forster, who is white, is facing a storm of criticism for self-publishing a book after he “disguised” himself as a B

A Canadian journalist is defending his decision to travel the U.S. in blackface and write a book about racism, after facing a storm of criticism online.

"Last summer, I disguised myself as a Black man and traveled throughout the United States to document how racism persists in American society," Sam Forster, who is white, posted Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter. "Writing Seven Shoulders was one of the hardest things I've ever done as a journalist."

The reaction was swift and brutal, with X users expressing anger, amusement and confusion, and telling Forster he should have simply spoken to Black people to understand their experiences.

"It's hard to simultaneously draw the ire of black people, white people, conservatives, AND liberals… But I think you've just done it," rapper and podcaster Zuby replied on X.

Several Black scholars who study race relations and write about the Black experience told CBC News that Forster's use of blackface is dehumanizing and troublesome, regardless of the context. Forster himself defended the book and the methods he used to write it in an interview with CBC News. [...]

Institutional racism (the anti-Black variety) is effectively dead," Forster concludes in the book. "Most of what's left of racism in this country are the few, socially narrow opportunities for soft interpersonal racism: shoulder racism." [...]

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland, @vague-humanoid

[vague-humanoid]

The Ugliest Trope in Modern Horror

I wanted to explore an emerging trope in horror media and the...interesting history it stems from.

00:00 - Intro

02:22 - Minstrel Horror

06:17 - What Lies Beneath

12:41 - A lil Tangeant about Ice Cream

17:22 - Dark Shadows

24:25 - Firestarter

36:51 - The [White]Devil's Rejects

56:39 - plug

58:00 - Conclusive Thoughts

1:05:32 - Outro

@blackfilmmakers @creatingblackcharacters @mettaworldpiece

[critical-hazbin]

Apparently, people on Twitter are just now realizing that Brandon has done blackface. It's totally understandable for anyone to be upset about this, what he did was disgusting and I am not defending it. But this has been public knowledge for years. People were talking about this when HB's pilot first came out.

If you're expecting him to apologize, he won't. If you're expecting Viv to drop him from her shows, she won't. If you think that he will face any significant consequences for this, I wouldn't hold your breath.

He has built his entire channel off of making edgy, extremely offensive humor and has brought that humor into Helluva Boss for two seasons now. If Viv really had an issue with this kind of offensive content, she would've let him go ages ago. At the very least she'd show some restraint in the number of misogynistic slurs Blitzø constantly uses. (At least some of this is coming directly from him, if the behind-the-scenes info is to be believed.)

I know it's frustrating and people want to cancel him, but Brandon is not Michael. He's not going to put out a statement or step back from social media, even though his offense is far greater. Pretty much any offensive thing he does in the future can be brushed under the rug so long as Brandon brings in money. In this world, some people face consequences for their mistakes while others get by unscathed even when they're doing something as morally bankrupt as using blackface to perform racist stereotypes. It's horrible.

[houseofpurplestars]

Okay I know "wisconsin p toad" is just a silly bit or whatever but lets please actually give a shit about Black people and learn some history. The american animation industry is founded on racist caricatures that remain beloved and unquestioned to this day. I feel like if you're going to participate in this bit and derive joy from it, at least learn about Bert Williams and learn about racism and give even a couple minutes of consideration to the history of this type of character.

michigan j. frog is inspired by blackface vaudevillian Bert Williams. He was a Black man who performed in blackface, (No, that does not make it okay for you, white people, or make the practice of blackface any less racist, then or now). White blackface performers hated him and he was just as oppressed as any other Black person. He was a pioneer for Black performers in what was a socially accepted and very popular type of theater at the time.

I found an essay that does a deep-dive specifically into the association between Black performers and frogs, and it is fascinating. Please take this as an opportunity to learn something interesting rather than getting defensive and telling me "its just a joke" or whatever and you shouldn't have to use your brain.

"It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”: Greenface and the Jazzy Frog Trope" by Paulette Richards

"American animation is rooted in blackface minstrelsy.

In The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954, Christopher P. Lehman notes "from the outset of sound synchronization, animators relied heavily on the minstrelsy tradition for their music. Disney was among the first to do so." He cites Mickey Mouse’s jet-black color and white gloves as typical features of minstrel performers.

According to Lehman, "former studio animator Mel Shaw recalled that because of their large mouths, frogs were considered suitable animals to depict as African Americans."

"Historically the swamp was a space where the enslaved could carve out alternative modes of existence... Early jazz musicians associated themselves with this subversive space by filling their music with allusions to swamp experience."

[blackfilmmakers]

I remember that time when Marina from Splatoon got whitewashed in merchs and racist people all over Twitter yap about "blackwashing" and that people should be allowed to whitewash black characters because that's fair, it's so fucking stupid but anyway, something I don't see people talk about is how anime fans like to pull the "B-but it's Gyaru" card whenever a black character is whitewashed or when a character is doing blackface

And when they say Gyaru they're specifically referring to the sub styles of Manba and Yamanba, but their defense (or rather excuse) doesn't hold any water because one the character is black stop the gaslighting, and two Manba and Yamanba are controversial sub styles since it involves darkening your skin tone so much you're basically doing blackface, like this ain't a normal tan if you're darker than a black person, it's not "cute", it's not "stylish", it's straight up racist

I have so many issues with gyaru culture, and no one seems to be able to give a consistent answer to explain why you have to darken your skin to such a degree

"Its to combat beauty standards" why do yall view dark skin as ugly??!?! And then give yourselves bright lips in the process?!?!?!

It's like claiming how everyone should accept their ugliness as a way to fight against beauty culture, and you are refering to people's noses and hair texture and skin color. Anything van be critizced on beauty culture BUT makeup

It doesn't help when gyaru characters are usually the most annoying people in anime cuz darkskin/brown = aggressive in these stories

Like I can't stand this character and everyone saying she's Black

"But what about Marina, she's very mellow"

Like anon said, Marina isnt gyaru. That's just a Black girl

The girl is either Black or gyaru, these twitter folks need to make up their mind

Also blackwashing doesn't exist the same way reverse racism isn't a thing. Racists love applying Newton's 3rd Law of Motion onto concepts, and then act suprised when it doesn't sound as clever as they thought it would be

[oldshowbiz]

1967.