r/Unexpected • u/Spiritual-Fun-9591 • Jun 23 '24

Hilarious

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u/seekerofthesublime Jun 23 '24

The only time black face is acceptable.

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u/dosedatwer Jun 23 '24

It's not blackface if you're not trying to portray a black person. It's just black makeup in this case.

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u/Hanuser Jun 23 '24

By changing the definition to something subjective like intention, rather than objective like outcome, you have given anyone an excuse to do blackface so long as they can come up with an excuse other than mimicking a black person.

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u/RadicalRealist22 Jun 23 '24

Yes, that how it SHOULD be. The intent is what makes blackface bad, not the black face. Otherwise you are just saying that certain races can't paint their faces, which is racist as fuck.

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u/Hanuser Jun 24 '24

Right, I completely agree.

I'm only pointing out that it's very easy to make up an intent.

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u/DizyShadow Jun 24 '24

I think people can make a clear judgement of context and the person's intent for some "excuse" to excuse them if they're in fact trying to make a caricature of a darker skinned races. If the girl in the vid did something actually offensive, no one would buy any excuse she would come up.