Why do people wear different clothes? How is body piercing any different from skin dying or tattooing? Unless your deliberate message is racism, the act itself isn't racist, it's fashion or just trendy.
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Why do people wear different clothes? How is body piercing any different from skin dying or tattooing? Unless your deliberate message is racism, the act itself isn't racist, it's fashion or just trendy.
Intent matters but racism isn't always deliberate. I think you have to use common sense and common decency. There's no way we can hypothetically parse out every possibility.
You know, we're probably saying the same things here, but in different ways.
Internet communication. It is a difficult concept. It is not logical.
I revisited where the association between advocating skin dying and blackface started. It was with the above posts saying different things. Yes, blackface is racist in the way it was used and therefor has a stigma attached. No, skin dying is not racist as a thing until it is used for racist purposes. So far, I suppose it hasn't been because I don't remember anyone dying their entire body to a color in real life as a freaky cosmetic trend. Not even Cher, Madonna, or Will Ferrell. And I don't think body painting counts.
Interesting how the only people who want to have a conversation about this topic are people who don't need to have a conversation about this topic and, thus, end up trading the same points.
I think "racist" ha become a term that is so overused, as to become meaningless. It's used to complain about anything anymore. It's losing it's impact.
Exactly.
And I'm sure it doesn't stop there.Wait a minute...
People dye their armpit hair...what?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/16/fashion/women-who-dye-their-armpit-hair.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-who-helped-start-the-dyed-armpit-hair-trend/
http://www.today.com/style/women-are-dyeing-their-armpit-hair-colorful-new-trend-t32381
http://www.popsugar.com/beauty/Dyeing-Your-Armpit-Hair-Colors-36178686#photo-36178686
https://www.google.com/search?q=dye...X&ved=0ahUKEwi-qYGBubfOAhVIJsAKHY6RCT0QsAQIGw
But we can hypothetically, if not in actual reality, parse out blackface.
This thread has turned into a British 70's sitcom. It's very strange.
I was responding specifically to Crazyewok and ancient who seem to have no problem with black face. Others picked up the ball and ran with it, which is going to happen in a group thread.
Late to the party, but this. So much, this.
I have for years... my armpit hair is "Old Spice antiperspirant white."Wait a minute...
People dye their armpit hair...what?
There was a NYC politician who wore blackface to a costume party a few years ago. He was trying to be funny, but it did ignore the latent racism - albeit (hopefully) unintentional - and he caught a lot of flack for that.
Lol yeah but he'd be racist if he didn't spray on.On the contrary, Trump has proven to be quite racist!
That was stupid of him, at best.
no kidding...
no kidding...
Smart ass.
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