Is Rupaul's Drag Race Racist?

Dorsid · 11ヶ月前

No. There now we don't need too watch an 8 minute video on judging white people for not stanning Kennedy and Jasmine. Apparently all the black queens are portrayed as just mean and angry (conveniently ignoring Jaidynn, Latrice, Vivacious, Monica, Honey, Milan, Lineysha, Dita, Kenya, Lashauwn, Miss Henny, Sahara, Tatianna, and BeBe). Oh and when RuPaul is being sassy he's actually putting on black face. Because that makes sense.

And oh look at that she has a tumblr. Never would have guessed with video titles such as the history of whiteness, speaking over nerds of color, is 'hey guys' transphobic, what do you think of truscum and my personal favourite and what about the irish slaves.

Edit: OMFG I REMEMBER WHO THIS BITCH IS NOW. She's extremely antisemitic and had a bunch of tumblr posts a few months ago calling jews greedy and sneeky and shit. She was agreeing with neo-nazis and everything. Holy fucking shit lol.

indigowarrior · 11ヶ月前

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UrDadsBF · 11ヶ月前

I'm excited for Naomi and Bob (Edit: and Dax!), I have a feeling they're gonna disprove this girl. I don't think the producers pulled Jasmine and Kennedy's personalities out of thin air. They said all those mean things. And they also had several redeeming moments shown too.

famouuz · 11ヶ月前

The black contestants are always the mean bitches?

What about Jaidynn, Trinity, Sahara, Lineysha, Latrice, Mariah, Lashauwn or Dida just to name a few

Unnie55 · 11ヶ月前

Sigh. If a queen wants to portray a stereotype on the show, that's on them and of no fault of RPDR. This is a show with multiple ethnic winners, a black host and an appreciation for all races who partake in drag culture. It is one of the LEAST racist shows out there. And I say this as a pro-black female who calls out racism all the time.

rextraordinaire · 11ヶ月前

Ok, this thing about sass belonging to a culture or another has to stop. Now.

Court jesters were sassy, some black women are sassy, jesus was probably sassy as fuck too, and so's my cat when she feels like it.

There's no "Hmmmhmmm" trademark.

Me16824 · 11ヶ月前

I Can't wait for S8 because BTDQ is gonna get a super favorable edit and that's even more queens stacked against her point.

pawnstache · 11ヶ月前

This girl is honestly mad about everything in the world. Does she enjoy anything?

[deleted] · 11ヶ月前

I'm sorry I can't watch anyone pretend to drink liquid from a cup that's says "true tea" on it. I quit 12 seconds in.

myhatrules · 11ヶ月前

As if I didn't need more reasons to hate Kat Blaque. The commenters are killing me.

I think Tyra Banks is a white man in black face.

I'm done. They're all just as nuts as she is. Delusional, the lot of them.

ruddias · 11ヶ月前

She says that as soon as the black queens walk in the room, you know exactly what type of queen they are going to be. No fucking shit, every queen (yes even the white ones) that walks in makes their general style known, its part of being a TV personality.

Has she not seen a TV show? In every single TV show the pilot characters are made as archetypes so viewers can relate to them, and then given more complex story arcs so viewers can grow with them. It's not racism, it's TV.

havana_fair · 11ヶ月前

Why is it that progressive shows are the ones always subject to this shit?

otterho · 11ヶ月前

No. Bad. Stop. No.

If a queen wants to play up her blackness, that's her thing. I don't understand how she can focus on just two queens on what is probably the weakest season of the show and ignore every other black contestant who ever competed. You have black queens like Jaidynn (who was on the same season as Jasmine and Kennedy but mysteriously ignored on this video), Mariah, and Trinity who are also black but didn't get nasty edits. I don't know, it's like black queens are individuals who are different from one another and have different personalities. Usually (that's the keyword here) when a queen gets a nasty edit, there's ample reason both on and off the show to validate why she got that edit (like Tyra Sanchez who won her season despite that edit). Why don't I ever see posts like this about other non-white queens like Roxxxy and Phi Phi?

But you know what? Everything is problematic nowadays. She's definitely a Tumblr SJW who says stupid shit like Pop Tarts are problematic and everyone needs to boycott them immediately and I've fucking had it!

Did Jasmine and Kennedy deserve getting nasty edits and angry hate mail from people? No, that was fucked up. Are you grouping them with every other black queen on the show and saying that the show treats them all the same? Yes.

Child, sit down.

PeterPanoKing · 11ヶ月前

Oh god, I don't like this bitch at all.

EJM991 · 11ヶ月前

People that actually say problematic in real life must be fun at parties... you already know they look really extra hard for things to be offended by.

Don't agree with her. There might be some racist ass fans though, but I've never felt the show to be racist.

monicatension21 · 11ヶ月前

Has she even seen all of drag race? To me it sounds like she's maybe only seen S7. Still not seeing where the racism is in that season though. This video made me so angry I couldn't even finish it to the end.

sugarfame · 11ヶ月前

I'm black and I think this argument is bullshit. They get hate cause most of them decide to act like villains on the show. Latrice and Bob are really loved and they're probably the darkest queens there are, people love them cause they're nice and funny.

notbarneyandfriends · 11ヶ月前

I actually think some of the points this girl brought up are worth discussing. It's a complicated issue though and obviously a very touchy subject. I'm really excited for Bob this season as I think she will do great without having to fit into any of the pre-established tropes for queens on the show.

xtinaphile · 11ヶ月前

This subreddit is really not the place for any intelligent people to be talking about race issues, tbh. Having said that, I partly agree with Kat, although I do think certain queens give the producers material to be edited that way. Like Jasmine's rant against horsefaced Violet, I mean the producers would be stupid not to put that in.

agentsometime · 11ヶ月前

This is one of the few shows that's really good about diversity.

mofohomo · 11ヶ月前

What a fucking stupid video.

Jasmine and Kennedy got a bad edit because of their character, not their skin colour. Phi Phi and Roxxxy are basically white and suffered an even worse edit than them. What about Latrice who is proudly black and a favourite of all? I knew when it was a Kat Blaque video that I would get pissed.

PleasureKitten · 11ヶ月前

I think a lot of ya'll are going very all or nothing on this in a way that just isn't right. I'll just share my thoughts, even though i'm a little late.

Yes, there are things about RPDR and its surrounding media / post-show stuff that could be fixed. BOTS being basically all-white is sketchy as fuck, queens of color are often encouraged to play up stereotypes of their own culture because RuPaul finds it funny, and a bunch of other minor shit. At the end of the day, it's a show about Real People who live in a world that does still suffer from racism, and it's kind of natural that some of that will infiltrate in. That's not an apology, but i'm just saying that RPDR isn't really any different than any other reality show in that regard.

However, RPDR does do a lot of things right that others don't. In terms of diversity, it pretty much gets an A+ - we've had T girls, queens of all colors, shapes, and sizes - and while some of them end up fitting stereotypical or racist roles, there are plenty more that do not that are simply ignored by arguments like these for the the sake of that argument.

I think it's correct to be somewhat critical of certain parts of RPDR, but I don't think it's fair to paint it as especially racist. It does quite a good job. Kat Blaque is very off/on for me - she has good points but a lot of her arguments tend to end up in a place where it is virtually impossible not to be problematic.

alkaseizer · 11ヶ月前

every time someone says says the word problematic, a party gets shut down early... I would chime in but y'all is slaying already :)

kristiangurl · 11ヶ月前

I think that was only a problem last season. Jasmine doesn't have a large fanbase or the support of the fandom because... well, she's reckless as fuck. Kennedy was a strong performer, and I think the hate for her died down dramatically once the season ended.

I don't see any of what happened last year happening this year. We have people stanning the fuck out of black queens.

Also girl how you gonna judge RuPaul's blackness when you constantly talk about not judging blackness and letting black people exist in harmony cmon girl I thought I liked you stop ://

givemeunbeso · 11ヶ月前

Eh, i dunno. I'm not black or trans so it's clear that my experience with the show will be different than hers and that I would be sensitive to different things. Imo we shouldn't judge people for criticizing the show because lbr it's not perfect and I think people definitely fo need to stop trying to shut down criticism by yelljng "waaaah you're too PC". That said when it comes to her criticism itsrlf...she does have a point about the way kennedy and jasmine are treated but....how much of that is caused by editing and how much of that is caused by racist fans? And she seems to be forgetting how Trinity and jaidynn were portrayed, which was fairly different. As for how she feels about Ru...eh. the way she worded it is clumsy and borderline offensive even though i think lots of people share her views on him sounding contrived. I dunno, I actually like Kat and find some of her vids really educational but i think she could have informed herself more on the show to make a more nuanced criticism

CaptainnT · 11ヶ月前

This is how shit starts.

Some stupid bitch who hasn't seen all of Drag Race acts like she knows wtf she's talking about.

AlaskaThunderfcvk · 11ヶ月前

Yeah, a show hosted by a Black, Gay Drag Queen that grew up in a ghetto suburb which has welcomed over 30 Queens of Afro-American ethnicity is extremely racist. You cracked the code henny.

virtualstar · 11ヶ月前

This video is ridiculous, and I don't think the show has ever shafted a contestant because of her race alone. However, I do believe that the fanbase does have racist issues. Gonna be honest here, I think many of the black queens would get a LOT less criticism from the fanbase had they not been black.

yojohnny_ · 11ヶ月前

Lol miss me with this mess. This is a classic example of someone who has probably seen like four episodes and turned on their camera to film without any prior research. From my calculations, more than 50 of the 100 queens on the show are PoC. This upcoming season has a cast with more PoC queens than white queens. She literally chose to focus on two queens that were up there on the list of most controversial queens on the show's history, while disregarding EVERY other black queen. Is this show perfect? No, but they're doing a hell of a lot better than most shows out there. Are there racist fans? Hell yes. She should've made a video addressing them.

GooQueen · 11ヶ月前

EVERY queen is type cast for one reason or another no matter their race. Rebecca? Phi Phi? Roxxxy?...ALL three were portrayed as bullies and got terrible backlash and none of them are black. It's a reality TV show at the end of the day and is not to be taken so seriously. It's drag and when drag becomes too politically correct it's no fun whatsoever. We've already had shemail removed, pretty soon the show will be animated..sigh.

Chokolla · 11ヶ月前

So...are we ignoring the fact that most of season 8's cast are non white queens ?

Johmygoodness · 11ヶ月前

See as a Katblaque fan, even I feel like this video was relatively shortsighted. I totally understand the argument about the way certain black queens were edited, and the tendency to play up to certain stereotypes (which, in regards to being a black entertainer is a waayyy bigger conversation) on RuPaul's part. But I do feel like there was more of a counterargument to address than the "what about the black winners" argument.

Sorunade · 11ヶ月前

Gur, these are MEN in DRESSES. This is not RuPaul's politically correct race. Mess at her letting heavily editted versions of two queens generalize an entire show. Smh.

katyaskid · 11ヶ月前

Are those necklaces back in or something? Did we time travel? Did everyone try the chicken? I thought the chicken was lovely.

Lysand · 11ヶ月前

I'm so ready for to watch this video and read the shitstorm that are probably the comment section both here and on YouTube.

I'll edit in my thoughts.

EDIT: I won't lie, I have enjoyed some of Kat's posts and videos in the past but this video was a massive mess due to one core reason: lack of information.

The moment she said that all the black queens are edited "sassy" I knew she was a trainwreck. I can't even begin.

shadier · 11ヶ月前

She doesn't seem like she knows too much or maybe she just didn't think it all the way through. There's tons of black queens who didn't get edited into being "ghetto" or "bitchy" mariah, milan, honey mahogany, vivacious, etc. There's also been queens who weren't black who got villain edits Raven, Delta, Phi Phi.

I also think it's insane for her to get to decide how someone expresses their blackness. Why does she think she can pick and choose who's expression of their ethnicity is correct or incorrect? For her to say Ru's expression of his blackness is wrong is fucked up on tons of levels. Policing people for how they express their ethnicity sounds pretty problematic to me.

Honestly a mess

Mossmise · 11ヶ月前

Is clickbait worthless? (The answer is yes).

AlaskaThunderfcvk · 11ヶ月前

How the FUCK are black queens underrepresented? The Afro-American population makes for 11% of the U.S. population, yet 30 out of 100 queens on the show have been of color. What the hell is wrong with these queefs

jgroove_LA · 11ヶ月前

I actually agree with much of her on this. Did Roxxxy and Jasmine contribute to their edits? Yes. Did Latrice get the great edit she deserved? Yes. Did Kennedy gets screwed over? Yes. Is she slightly off base on Ru's style - more a club style than anything else - yes. But, the show does have a horrible problem with casting African-American queens who will fit into a negative sterotype. Here's hoping Bob and Naomi can defeat that edit...

luoyali · 11ヶ月前

The systemic racism of Reddit always reveals itself with these posts. Jasmine and Kennedy received death threats and were called NIGGERS endlessly on social media for being "stereotypically" black queens. These constitute racial aggressions. End of discussion.

_Angel_Dust_ · 11ヶ月前

From the person who brought you such classics as 'CAN BLACK PEOPLE BE RACIST??' and 'CHECKING YOUR PRIVILEGE'....

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AlaskaThunderfcvk · 11ヶ月前

I am so fucking done with this fucking chick, the fact that she has subscribers and this video got 80% thumbs up just proves how fucked up our generation is.

[deleted] · 11ヶ月前

I've only just watched this and it really pisses me off. Drag Race is one of the most diverse reality shows on TV. If you focus on the few black girls who came across as angry, you are missing the majority of black and OTHER minorities who did amazingly. Also, how have we come to the point when a black man, acting black is appropriation?

krammebamse · 11ヶ月前

Watching this person's videos is exasperating. If you're going to make an argument, be specific about what it is that illustrates your point. Instead what I got from this is "I feel like Rupaul's really a white man doing blackface." I'm all for having difficult conversations, but if you're not going to develop your points and back them up with solid, contextualized evidence, I might as well go on Tumblr.

mourningmusume · 11ヶ月前

it's so funny how much self awareness some people lack. like there is such an obvious bias in the fandom against black queens. like some white queens are loved for being sloppy and just looking a plain old mess (in what has been called the olympics of drag for that matter!) while a black queen could do the same thing and would be mocked and criticized by the fans. how much do you wanna bet people would have loved that look that kennedy did when she "crystallized" if someone like say milk did it? or like how white queens are generally loved for being bitchy (i have yet to meet someone who doesn't like raven) but think black queens are awful and don't deserve to be on the show because they are bitchy (kennedy davenport). also rupaul is friends with and has defended shirley q liquor who does blackface so i think at the very least rupaul and his relationship to his own blackness is questionable and concerning.

AnthoZero · 11ヶ月前

Honestly, the show isn't racist. They edit these people to look bad, but it is not the shows fault, it is the viewers fault for acting like the person is truly an evil Asshole when in reality they know they were edited to look worse. People are idiots, and it's not about race. It's about being ignoring some facts and accepting others.

fuckari · 11ヶ月前

Before I get downvoted like hell, she's right and presents a lot of great points of discussion. And considering she is a black woman her argument is 110% valid and worth noting. Not to mention it's also true. Black queens generally get the worst end of the stick, and the fanbase always finds it hard to warm up to black queens in general - with exceptions.

Thomsenite · 11ヶ月前

As soon as you say the word problematic I stop listening because 100% you're a whiny cunt.

havenjay · 11ヶ月前

CapTrainT

I hope that tacky ass yarn on your head catches fire

crogginbush · 11ヶ月前

I like problematic. Am I the only one? (Tatiana doing Britney voice).

TargaryenRealness · 11ヶ月前

I love Kennedy and jasmine along with the Aryan airways and I found that woman's weave offensive. No shade hunty, just letting you know.

llokano · 11ヶ月前

It's worth noting why she get's so much hate, people here calling her stupid and all sorts of names. You don't like what she is saying, why don't you just say that. Why so heated?

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