Yes -- I am American
No -- I am American
Yes -- I'm not American
No -- I'm not American
Yes... only ignorant westerners know who nazi's are....
Some religions that aren't Nazi affiliated still use it (some Indian and Buddhism mostly) but it became the symbol of the Nazi party. Most of the world is far more familiar with it in relation to Hitler then meaning good luck, auspiciousness, or peace.
This is exactly the point of Blackfacing being racist. You cannot separate a symbol from its past. You can try and dance around it but most people are well aware that blackfacing was used to call black people ignorant and stupid. It's less global then the Nazi symbol (as it was American mostly) but it's still offensive.
Here's a question, why they hell do you want to blackface if not to offend? What possible Halloween costume could you do that requires you to wear the blackface makeup but not with the intention to get a rise out of people?
Except....then it doesn't make sense. As black people in aggregate aren't better off than everyone else, and black people in aggregate aren't in a high position where they can comfortably say something along the lines of "Oh well!" and dictate that people to "Get over it!" as "Life is tough."
It's not a knee-jerk reaction. I've already described what, with a high probability, is a knee-jerk reaction earlier in the thread.
You are ignorant, arrogant and downright condescending in your attitude towards people who do not agree with you. Just because someone does not agree with your skewed & biased view on what racism is does not mean they are racist, autistic, "white males" or "white people".
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He's blackfacing wrong.. it's more of a screwed up mime costume....
Not fame on MMO-C, but after a while of certain posters posting in certain threads you get use to them. Granted I often Change my Avatar and Signature, so getting too familiar with me is harder. which is why I do it. But I post regularly enough. although I also lurk a lot too. I hate posting on, my iPhone and I might follow on the iPhone while doing other things.
When the blackfacing is down in the fashion of stereotyping then yes a black person definitely has the right to be offended. However did you see the advert for doughnuts? It was a charcoal doughnut and the person was painted to match its colour, why would you be offended by a person imitating a doughnut?
Ok, if you can paint yourself in a blackface and say it's not inherently racist can you wear a swastika in a synagogue and tell them the symbol isn't racist it's just their perception of it?
Okay, since this has turned into an argument about which users are or are not racist and why, rather than discussing the original post, I'm going to proactively lock this before it gets worse.