Spaceman Spiff Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 http://deadspin.com/5394350/the-situation-where-a-dallas-cowboys-cheerleader-appeared-in-blackface-for-halloween-will-probably-not-end-well What an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Don't see the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Don't see the problem I agree, she's supposed to be Lil Wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_RedskinsFan Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Am i the only one who does not get what the big deal is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsBry Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't see the problem, it was Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick86L Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I think it has something to do with this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenspandan Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 hey a bunch of white dudes see no problem. obviously there isn't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 its halloween it would be different if it were otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacky McSlackAss Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I think some people need to lighten up. Don't really see an issue with this at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stophovr6 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Should the two girls dressed as Mexicans get in trouble too? Blackface isn't just the act of putting on makeup to make yourself look black. There is much more to it which I believe is included in the wikipedia link Patrick gave. I don't see a problem with what she did. But I'm white so my opinion on it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't see the problem either. Guess that makes me a honky racist bigot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 hey a bunch of white dudes see no problem. obviously there isn't one. Now I'm offended...I'm spotted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't see the problem either. People need to get over that. It's not like she rubbed coal on her face, put on red lipstick, and did a little dance for the white people. She dressed up as a popular black celebrity. And um... where is the outrage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_RedskinsFan Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't see the problem either.Guess that makes me a honky racist bigot. Tell us something we didnt know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldysknzfn1 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Umm..it's halloween. Aren't folks supposed to dress up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't have a problem with it either. It's not like she put big white lipstick on and pretended to be in a minstrel show. I didn't see it as derogatory. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I agree with most...this is a non-story. This isn't the same as what was done in the 1800s (thanks for that wiki link btw). Much, much different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IONTOP Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Yeah, it would be disrespectful if her costume was just "A random black person" compared to an actual celebrity... Plus it's not like she was imitating anything "stereotypical"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Hardly a big deal. I thought the girls in the Mexican costumes were amusing as well. Just seems like a real reach on the political correctness front, especially since this was just her going to a little party at a friends' house. I also think I made a better Lil Wayne last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koala Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thats actually an awesome custome. Good job. What makes it awesome is the very face she's not a black male, otherwise it wouldnt be as awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison Redskin Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Not a big deal. I have, however, seen people in blackface who were total ****. It's sad to say, but one of my friends in high school dressed up as Aunt Jemima for Halloween and started saying a bunch of racist garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Yeah, it would be disrespectful if her costume was just "A random black person" compared to an actual celebrity...Plus it's not like she was imitating anything "stereotypical"... QFT Leave the girl alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 On review, though, the thread title is not misleading. She DOES fail for being a Cowboys cheerleader.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers, Beers and Mountaineers Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Not a big deal, and not as funny as my friend who also put on blackface as Plaxico with a gunshot wound on his leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't see the problem either. People need to get over that. It's not like she rubbed coal on her face, put on red lipstick, and did a little dance for the white people. I don't know. Do you have to do that for it to be offensive? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRGXMFGIcQ :hysterical: Mammie! How I love ya, how I love ya, Mammie! -- On a serious note, you notice that even when white characters on sketch comedies play dark-skinned black figures, they still only go "tan?" I think dressing up in brown-face is actually indicative of how the skin color of a black person is still seen as first and most significant. If a black dude dressed up like Steve Irwin and went around speaking like an Aussie with a "Croc" next to his side that he occasionally wrestled, would he need to "lighten" his skin for the part? No. If he dressed up like Superman and put a little curl on his forehead, would he have to lighten his skin? No. Basically, you could go down the line---there's no need to mess with the skin color to achieve recognition. So, unlike all the other people in the thread, I'd still say if I saw this I'd have a problem with it and would let her know, too. I'm surprising her black fellow partygoers were cool with it. It's nice that people are less politically correct but there's a difference between political orthodoxy being used as a tool to oppress people and bully them into silence and engaging in historically humiliating racial caricature to achieve an "authentic" look for a Halloween costume. But what do I know, I'm just a light-skinnedED mulatto with mostly "good" hair and black relatives and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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