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[–]lokir6 203 ポイント204 ポイント

Before everyone jumps on the 'blackface no-no wagon', let me just point out that blackface is only frowned upon by society at large in the USA. I don't know where OP's from, if not from the States it is potentially a no-problem for him.

And, even if he was from the US, he's not actually ridiculing black people. It would be ideologically fucked up if you couldn't dress as your favourite hero because he had different skin colour. So what if a white guy paints his face black, or a black guy paints his face white? As long as they don't do it to point to some bullshit racial supremacy, there's nothing wrong with it.

[–]teba 62 ポイント63 ポイント

It's sad that this has to be pointed out.

[–]LordOfBoxes 35 ポイント36 ポイント

I've never noticed he was white

[–]dwwojcik 14 ポイント15 ポイント

It is quite convincing.

[–]tswaters 19 ポイント20 ポイント

Be honest, lads. Ye cannae even tell, can ye?

[–]WarrenHarding12 2 ポイント3 ポイント

Ye cannae e'en teel, can ye?

[–]slicksps 13 ポイント14 ポイント

Not really controversial, if you "black up" to play a stereotype, it's potentially wrong. But demoman is black, he makes no excuses and is open about this fact, dressing up as a white demo man is surely far more offensive than "blacking up" in a very effective way btw is just dress up.

[–]Melkath 6 ポイント7 ポイント

Ya, it would totally be more offensive. Like, what if a girl tried to dress up as a TF2 merc, and didn't sport a strap on and tie down their chest. That would be sooooo offensive.

Blackface became offensive in America because vaudeville productions would cast white people in black roles by just painting their face, resulting in black people not getting work. It was a work discrimination thing. Over the years, ignorant Americans have twisted the issue into "the white people in blackface portrayed offensive caricatures", which was never the real issue with blackface in America.

[–]Enleat 6 ポイント7 ポイント

No, actually, blackface was centered around racial stereotyping, and it was one of the many ways black people were caricaturised and . It was an offensive caricature, both then and now:

The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the proliferation of stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the "dandified coon".

It wasn't just work discrimination, it was racial discrimination. People were laughing at the naive, ignorant, childish, uneducated black man. They saw them as object to make fun of. Their stupidity and naivetee was what made them funny.

[–]Kareem_Jordan 2 ポイント3 ポイント

You should have just let it go or waited til someone actually complained first.

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[–]jaja13 42 ポイント43 ポイント

Hue

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[–]dwwojcik 1 ポイント2 ポイント

Well, I'm guessing that since there's snow on the ground and it was uploaded today it's either quite a bit further north than the US or somewhere in the southern hemisphere.

[–]Iggy_2539 0 ポイント1 ポイント

TBH, I didn't realise OP was black until I saw your comment, and the SRS brigade that inevitably followed.

[–]StormyOuterland -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Really? Oh my fucking sides. Are you really trying to justify black face?

[–]Poshul -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Holy shit he's white!

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