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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only time I've ever seen this where I really raised my eyebrows was when this white woman I know started sort of posing as a black woman on Twitter. But it wasn't just the gifs. It was that, plus she was constantly posting about/weighing in on the conversations about (1) black hair, and (2) weight/body image discussions that were started by black women and focused on how these issue impact black women. This person is 100% white -- I've known her a long time . At first I thought it was incidental or that she was just trying to be supportive of black people online, but over time I noticed that she was basically posing as a black woman. She even had a profile photo that was really vague (a picture of her from the back where the lighting and a deep tan made it at least open-ended what race she is).

Anyway, I got to the point with is woman where when she'd post Lizzo gifs or something like the Prince gif above, my reaction was a straight up eye roll.

But I've never been bothered by anyone else because I've never felt like they are posing as black. This was a very specific situation where literally I think this woman was doing blackface online for some reason.[/quote]

Right.

Digital blackface is like when you actually assume a black identity online under an anonymous forum. Or some of the Russian disinformation trying to sway black voters by posing as "black people" on twitter.

This ain't it.[/quote]

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