Ok so Halloween was Saturday and many people took advantage of the costume gimmick to be racially offensive. I don’t know about any of you, but this is not amusing to me at all. I saw about 5 different pics of Caucasians in black face (some were taken with African-Americans) and they are just “shuckin and jivin” laughing and smiling like its not a problem. Am I missing something? Is this becoming socially acceptable? This is blatant disrespect of my culture. I know they say history repeats itself, but seriously I am not about to go down the same road our ancestors and civil rights leaders faught and died for in order for me to be accepted and treated “equally” People are probably saying “Nique, it’s just a costume, it is not that serious” but tell that to the student who was sent home from school because he was white and came dressed as a mammy. We can’t keep ignoring this blatant disrespect. We have come to far, although many people are setting us back decades, I am not reliving the past. I saw a white woman dressed as Little Wayne and another as T-Pain. So what does that say about the entertainers and how they are representing our culture? (I think T-Pain is a fool anyway, but that’s not my point). If we keep brushing off these subtle acts of racism then it won’t be long before we are reliving the past.
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding these ads and also Tyra’s use of black face on one of the recent episodes of ANTM. Fashion or not this is not acceptable. If you want to have the image of a black and a white model in some type of conflict….HIRE A BLACK MODEL. Please spare me the “deep down inside they want to be like us. They tan their skin, get breast and butt implants, they try to dress like us, and they even want our men, so I take this as a compliment….blah blah blah.” Save it and stop being ignorant. Yes we have many attributes that Caucasian women would like, but still instead of PERPETRATING and IMITATING us, appreciate us and give us the respect we deserve.
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