People in comments of this post pointed out coloring your face black is racist.
May I ask you Americans why is coloring your face considered racist?
Coming from Europe, I personally do not see anything wrong with trying to color (in any color) your face to match any other race.
I believe is should be normal to color our faces in any color. Is it also racist if black person would color their face in other skin tones? Why? Also interesting thought: What about tanning yourself?
Or is it for some reason not ok to acknowledge people have different skin tones? Of course you do not do it out of disrespect, racism, etc. But out of acknowledging character you are trying to represent looks different than you.
I also noticed people pretend to not see differences in skin tones. What is up with that? I thought racism meant to hate or disrespect people of different races. But why is coloring your face considered disrespectful?
Maybe this image itself has racist background I do not understand, but I would like to know answers to my questions in general, since American culture has quit influence on quite a large chunk of our globe.
Imo cuz people are too PC (Politically Correct) buthurt lately.
I’d even flip the tables, and call it racist if you won’t allow other races to dress up / admire your own race.
Ofc doing it to make fun / be a dick about other races is not okay.
Blackface being incredibly racist is not because we are too PC.
Imagine white people calling a black woman racist for dressing up like Marilyn Monroe, that’s bs.
Or black people calling a white child racist for wanting to dress up like Martin Luther King, since the child sees him as a hero of the past.
It all comes down to your acts when you’re dressed up, or the people you dress up as.
Those can be either offensive,
or innocent.
I believe it is very well explained in the comments.