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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I don’t think an Aladdin costume is inherently racist. It becomes racist when you start painting your face.
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Alright so clearly the line these days is coloring your entire face black. What I don't understand then is what causes it to cease being a costume with blackface? Because blackface used to be used to mock black people? What if I wear a kimono and dye my hair black? Or color my face a "non-marginalized" color (like green)?
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Oh and to your original point.
Of does it reduce glare?
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-...eyeblack2017-8
On top of that there's no real like to eye paint being in any way racist or linked to race. White guys don't put it on because they feel it makes them black.
However when you have a white person wearing black face or black makeup and possibly parodying another race, that is racist, and links back to black face used by white actors in the silent film era to mock or exaggerate racial stereotypes.
Black charcoal paint or tape under the eyes has no link or basis in stereo types or racism, none.
Blackface makeup does. |
Thanks for the link and the discussion.
Unfortunately that article is just commentary. As far as I know, there are no studies that confirm it reduces glare. Even if it did, isn't there a component of looks to it? I think football players look way more intimidating with the eye black on.
To me a lot of it looks like war paint. No one is trying to parody another race (nor are many people who are wearing a costume). It's a costume in the sense that if you're eye to eye with a guy wearing it then maybe it gives him a bit of a psychological edge due to prior connotations.