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.

Anonymous wrote:Are you not registered on the white people email list? An email was sent out about this weeks ago, you can only use GIFs from the AWP (Approved for White People) list. Please tell me you haven't been eating fried chicken, sushi, or pumpernickel bread. Suppose you're going to claim you didn't get that email either.

I only eat Wonder bread and mayo.

Anonymous wrote:I remember reading an article about this concept years back and rolling my eyes so hard could see my brain. I mean, maybe don't send like, a Shanayay gif if you're a white dued, but otherwise this doesn't need to be or become a thing, please.

I get why people are stressed about this.
For a while, when memes started, these were what I was seeing ALL the time. I was like, what? This is okay now?

Please, someone tell me this is not real

Are you not registered on the white people email list? An email was sent out about this weeks ago, you can only use GIFs from the AWP (Approved for White People) list. Please tell me you haven't been eating fried chicken, sushi, or pumpernickel bread. Suppose you're going to claim you didn't get that email either.

I like my gifs to be multiethnic. If I use too many white ones and notice it, I try to find a better one with someone else. I just don't like ones that seem to be highlighting a racial stereotype (of any kind).

Anonymous wrote:I remember reading an article about this concept years back and rolling my eyes so hard could see my brain. I mean, maybe don't send like, a Shanayay gif if you're a white dued, but otherwise this doesn't need to be or become a thing, please.

I’ll go ahead and co-sign all of this. ^^ 😆😆

[Black woman]

This is one of my favorites.

Anonymous wrote:Of all the things to be worried about!

I do worry about other people’s feelings.! I’m not in the “f*ck your feelings” camp. It doesn’t feel great when people hurt my feelings. I guess I’m in the “treat others who you would like to be treated” camp. If this is becoming a widely accepted practice, I would like to know and comply.

You can pry my Titus Andromedon, NeNe, Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, etc. gifs from my cold, dead [white] hands.

Is it digital yellow face if I use an emoji? :rolleyes:

I remember reading an article about this concept years back and rolling my eyes so hard could see my brain. I mean, maybe don't send like, a Shanayay gif if you're a white dued, but otherwise this doesn't need to be or become a thing, please.

I don't anymore. I pick the white girl gifs. It does eliminate some favorites but it hurts no one for me to change my choices.

Of all the things to be worried about!

Can I still use the gif of Prince shaking his head because of all the gifs out there this most perfectly captures my feelings most of the time.



Or is it digital blackface because I’m white? I don’t want to offend my work colleagues. (We use gifs often in our Team chats)