#blackface
Outside the world of film and TV, few had probably ever heard the term “painting down” until earlier this month, when Warner Bros. Television apologized for wanting to use a white stuntwoman in dark-skinned makeup in its Fox TV show Gotham. The embarrassed production company said it would hire an African-American stuntwoman instead. Yet any way you color it, “painting down” is just another term for “blackface.” And it’s been happening for decades.
Read: Hollywood’s Dirty Little Secret of Putting White Stunt Doubles in Blackface
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Why don’t people want to talk about Jimmy Fallon donning blackface to imitate and mock Chris Rock and Jimmy Kimmel donning blackface to imitate and mock Karl Malone?
so on the one hand, i like Mother 3 a lot! i think, at its core, it has a strong message about the importance of community and how societal focus on profit and wealth is both unnecessary and actively destructive. and, nintendo being a corporation, i’m sure that at least plays a part in why they refuse to touch it nowadays
but i recently replayed it, and i also think it’s important to acknowledge that there is also some gross shit in that game.
Rumor: Mother 3 Localization Cancelled Thanks to Controversial Content - Hey Poor Player
speaking as a nonbinary person, i personally think the magypsies are fine because i can acknowledge that itoi was coming from a place of inclusivity, but some other things…
…i don’t think there’s an excuse for
Freedom of speech and the right to demonstrate are fundamental rights. Throughout the Netherlands the safety of activists could not be guaranteed and they were restricted in their freedom of speech. Some protestors were physically attacked and the police let their assailants go. Other protestors were bombarded with fireworks, apples, eggs and beer as the police stood by and watched.
The Dutch House Representatives refuses to collectively acknowledge the racism of the counterprotestors, denounce their actions and actively make sure activists can safely practise their freedom of speech and right to demonstrate. Please sign this petition if you believe that they should!
For those who asked, this is what Black Pete looks like. Yes, those are white people.
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Ninja-X³ Vs Justin Trudeau - #BlackfaceHitler Edition
Justin Trudeau is the real racist. Also Leftist Commies are the ones who are out of control with their protests, hence the burning buildings.
Photo: Cabinet card image of American minstrel performer Bert Williams (1874-1922). TCS 1.1120, Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University, 1922, Houghton Library at Harvard University.
One of the most famous blackface entertainers was Caribbean American comedian and Broadway star Bert Williams (1874-1922). Williams toured with a minstrel troupe before teaming up with vaudeville artist George Walker in 1893. In their stage shows, Williams and Walker played on minstrel stereotypes, slyly billing themselves as “two real coons.” A master of comic timing and verbal wit, Williams wore his “shiftless darkey” disguise both to accommodate and challenge the racial prejudices of his day.
Explore recordings of Bert Williams’s shows: s.si.edu/2qJdEKc #DiasporaLens #APeoplesJourney
In the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, racist images were common on everyday items such as toys, salt-and-pepper shakers, advertisements, and household figurines. The images served a common purpose–to justify the mistreatment of African Americans and the logic of segregation. They depicted African Americans as slow-witted, lazy, and untrustworthy, but still lovable and childlike souls who simply needed the oversight of white people to ensure they did no harm to themselves or others. The pervasiveness of stereotypical images like these made the civil rights efforts of African Americans even more difficult. If white people accepted these stereotypes, it became that much easier to deny African Americans the full rights of citizenship.
Learn more about the history of African American tropes. Blackface: The Birth of an American Stereotype: s.si.edu/2ih4txi
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