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When white people tan is it a form of "black face"?

Why stop at tanning? We must examine perms.
 
nota bene said:
Might it be wise to Google first before making a statement such as this? :roll:

From November 2018: Some White Influencers Are Being Accused of "Blackfishing," or Using Makeup to Appear Black | Teen Vogue

How Much Can You Tan Before It's Considered Appropriation? - Essence

UPDATED! Blackface 2.0: The Trend of White Women Posing as Black Women
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I read the articles, and it’s not exactly how you and the OP are presenting it. The OP is claiming these women are only tanning, and that’s not accurate. There is an article on the web explaining how the second girl in the OP was done with makeup and contact lenses.

As for your tanning article, the writer is talking about a Swedish tanning lotion where white women were turned very dark to black in a series of tanning adds.

It seems like the right wing is always looking for a reason to laugh at minorities being offended, but the facts aren’t being honestly presented.
 
No, the desire of some Americans to get a tan is NOT "racism."

I have no idea why they want to get tanned. But that is their business, not mine.

By the by, I understand that in some Asian countries, some ladies undergo procedures to look "lighter."

Each to his/her own, I guess.

We humans are such pathetic creatures.
 
tacomancer said:
Some of the more racist ones got butthurt because they can't go around in blackface, so now we have to answer stupid questions about make up.
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After googling a few of the ads in the OP, it seems right wing media is not presenting the facts correctly. Minority bloggers are not offended by white people getting tans. That’s fake news... :2razz:

They are offended by a Swedish tanning lotion company that transformed white women into very dark to black woken in a series of ads. As for the other beauty video bloggers, they are using makeup to do transformations.

To present the issue as: white people tanning is now blackface, that’s dishonest.
 
SheWolf said:
I read the articles, and it’s not exactly how you and the OP are presenting it. The OP is claiming these women are only tanning, and that’s not accurate. There is an article on the web explaining how the second girl in the OP was done with makeup and contact lenses.

As for your tanning article, the writer is talking about a Swedish tanning lotion where white women were turned very dark to black in a series of tanning adds.

It seems like the right wing is always looking for a reason to laugh at minorities being offended, but the facts aren’t being honestly presented.
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I haven't presented one damned thing. Someone else said he hadn't heard about this issue and speculated that a few rightwingers were making it up, and I asked whether he shouldn't Google before speculating in this way and then provided links demonstrating that this actually is an issue. I've offered no opinion at all on the issue, so get off my back.
 
tacomancer said:
I guess they need to make up controversy.
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slippery slope fallacy. "if they are going to attack us for putting on an innocent minstrel show, then how long will it be before they call us racists for getting too much of a tan? no, seriously, i honestly am worried that this will happen!"

:roll:
 
SheWolf said:
After googling a few of the ads in the OP, it seems right wing media is not presenting the facts correctly. Minority bloggers are not offended by white people getting tans. That’s fake news... :2razz:

They are offended by a Swedish tanning lotion company that transformed white women into very dark to black woken in a series of ads. As for the other beauty video bloggers, they are using makeup to do transformations.

To present the issue as: white people tanning is now blackface, that’s dishonest.
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As I've already said --- they use tanning beds or lotions AND makeup. It's not just makeup.
 
nota bene said:
I haven't presented one damned thing. Someone else said he hadn't heard about this issue and speculated that a few rightwingers were making it up, and I asked whether he shouldn't Google before speculating in this way and then provided links demonstrating that this actually is an issue. I've offered no opinion at all on the issue, so get off my back.
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I am going to look past you stupid attitude and point out, you offered links to back up the claims of the OP. And, again, your links don't support the claims of the OP. I googled, and I read your links. If you want to clarify something I am not understanding about your links, and the OP's claim that "when white people tan it's a form of black face," then do so.

But I am really getting sick of ****ty attitude
 
SheWolf said:
I am going to look past you stupid attitude and point out, you offered links to back up the claims of the OP. And, again, your links don't support the claims of the OP. I googled, and I read your links. If you want to clarify something I am not understanding about your links, and the OP's claim that "when white people tan it's a form of black face," then do so.

But I am really getting sick of ****ty attitude
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:shock: :lamo You really need to calm down. Not everything has to turn into a Julia Sugarbaker rant.
 
Josie said:
:shock: :lamo You really need to calm down. Not everything has to turn into a Julia Sugarbaker rant.
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I responded in kind.
 
Dragonfly said:
Wow. They really can't think of anything better to talk about than that?

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There's always drama in the beauty arena of social media. Many of them thrive on it.
 
SheWolf said:
I responded in kind.
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Not at all. You responded like you didn't comprehend at all what she said which is why she was frustrated.
 
Josie said:
Not at all. You responded like you didn't comprehend at all what she said which is why she was frustrated.
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And you can't help yourself, but get in drama.

I am not interested in your third wheel POV. She got an attitude with me, and I responded. If you can't see her post as full of attitude, then mind your own business, because this doesn't concern you.
 
tacomancer said:
Some of the more racist ones got butthurt because they can't go around in blackface, so now we have to answer stupid questions about make up.
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I'm unclear of your opinion here. Do you think darkening your skin is a form of blackface, not at all or something in between?
 
Josie said:
I'm unclear of your opinion here. Do you think darkening your skin is a form of blackface, not at all or something in between?
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I don't care.

but if I had to guess, its probably just the make up trend du'jour and people will be doing something else next week.
 
tacomancer said:
I don't care.

but if I had to guess, its probably just the make up trend du'jour and people will be doing something else next week.
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Except it's not just makeup. They're tanning their entire bodies to be darker. I don't see the trend of wanting darker skin to go away anytime soon since it's been that way as long as I can remember (although not to the extreme some people take it). I understand not caring because I don't care what people do with their skin either. I just thought it was an interesting discussion.
 
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Josie said:
Except it's not just makeup. They're tanning their entire bodies to be darker. I don't see the trend of wanting darker skin to go away anytime soon since it's been that way as long as I can remember (although not to the extreme some people take it). I understand not caring because I don't care what people do with their skin either. I just thought it was an interesting discussion.
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beauty trends are usually fleeing and shallow. If its make up + tanning, its still pretty much the same thing.
 
There is one way to put all the cultural appropriation bull**** to bed.

Laugh at the idiots that get their panties twisted about it.
 
The entire idea is dumb and anyone saying that crap should feel bad.
 
SheWolf said:
I am going to look past you stupid attitude and point out, you offered links to back up the claims of the OP. And, again, your links don't support the claims of the OP. I googled, and I read your links. If you want to clarify something I am not understanding about your links, and the OP's claim that "when white people tan it's a form of black face," then do so.

But I am really getting sick of ****ty attitude
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Then don't dish it out. And read more carefully. I don't even have an interest, much less an opinion, on this topic and responded only to someone else's lazy partisan speculation.
 
nota bene said:
Then don't dish it out. And read more carefully. I don't even have an interest, much less an opinion, on this topic and responded only to someone else's lazy partisan speculation.
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You dished it out first, and I can take it and dish it right back. So take your own damn advice. The only thing I did was point out how your articles didn’t back up the claims of the OP, which is what the other person was making reference to about the right wing media. So if you’re mad at somebody else’s partisan BS, you’re taking it out on the wrong person.
 
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