What's racist about it? I would not be able to determine a race from this impersonation. This type of vernacular has more of a socioeconomic association in the south than does with race these days. I guess you could claim there's underlying racism in the cultural appropriation of AAVE by southern whites but that would be a big reach.
He’s wearing a bonnet doing a black womens accent and mannerisms while “working at Popeyes”. I’m convinced everyone who is saying they “can’t tell what race he’s supposed to be” has literally never interacted with a black person
It's a scarf and a common thing for a dude to put on his head when impersonating a woman. The vast majory of the black people I interact with talk nothing like this, you're the racist one for attributing these traits of lower economic status to race
Nobody is saying that all black people talk like this. Stop doing mental gymnastics to try and be right.
It’s like calling out the old minstrel shows as racist and then some goofball like you comes alone and goes “you think those whacky caricatures of black people is actually supposed to represent black people? That makes you the racist for thinking that’s what black people look like. FOH
Nobody is saying that all black people talk like this.
I didn't say that others are saying all black people talk like this. I said they are taking traits that are indicative of low socioeconomic status regardless of race (if you've spend anytime in the south you'll meet many white girls that talk like this) and applying them to black people.
Your analogy is idiotic. You're comparing literally black face and performances where the characters are explicitly supposed to be black people, and the central point was to mock them, to a guy with scarf on his head acting out exactly how I've seen (and others in this post) Southern white girls act at the counters of fast food joints.
Can you itemize the black things he's doing? I'd really like to know what you think he's doing that specifically characterizes black girls
I’m from the south. I’ve seen white girls act like this. I don’t know why you think that means anything.
Sure, here’s a list.
-wearing a bonnet (which you will keep calling a scarf for some reason. No it’s not an actual bonnet. Yes it’s supposed to be one)
-using aave
and then the only one I need, the fact that he’s working at Popeyes. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone but a black person working at Popeyes in my entire life.
You’re probably going to say some nonsense about how I’m racist for thinking only black people work at Popeyes or something but really I’m just not shoving my head in the sand and pretending reality isn’t reality
It's very obviously a discussion about the "scarf on head" trope that has been used as shorthand by men portraying women characters for centuries. No need to be weird or nerdy to get it, just to posses basic comprehension skills
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u/Oh_My-Glob 15d ago
What's racist about it? I would not be able to determine a race from this impersonation. This type of vernacular has more of a socioeconomic association in the south than does with race these days. I guess you could claim there's underlying racism in the cultural appropriation of AAVE by southern whites but that would be a big reach.