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Anonymous wrote:What you’re talking about, OP, is being intentional about not misappropriating images of Black people (or other marginalized groups) to express how you’re feeling. If the image is of someone already in the public, ie Prince, Oprah, Obama, then it’s fine. They’ve been well-paid for the work they’ve done. So to answer your question, yes, you can use that image of Prince.

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Not okay:

Oh come on! No one who sends a gif of that cute little boy is impersonating him. They're enjoying the cute kid dancing picture.

Let’s be honest: you’re not sending that gif because you’re showing someone how cute he is. You’d send when you’ve just had something amazing happen like you got a raise. You say, “Here’s how I’m feeling right about now,” and you’d include this gif. If you’re white, not okay. Find a happy white kid dancing.

Why is it not okay?

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I think my area is just more racist. I've lived here for a long time and I have a pretty good feel for the community. The "dancing kid" meme and others are sent around here not because they only identify with the kid's emotions but also because they think he is like a spectacle, like a minstrel show. Maybe your areas are filled with pure minded people, but this is where my mind goes when I see this.

This.

Black culture has had a tremendous influence of popular culture, slang, art etc.

If people can't cross-pollinate, and white people are only allowed to use historically culturally white (if they can even be a thing) forms of expression, then does that not exacerbate the problem of white supremacy in a majority-white country?

Doesn't this cut against all of the claims about how the cultural default in this country is deficient and not appropriately calibrated?

What do people want here? Some type of acknowledgement when you use a meme or expression from a culture that is not "your own"?

Try not to send around things that look like this and you should be okay.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-of-blackface-unmasking-the-racism-reignited-by-megyn-kelly-controversy/

Well, not according to CNN.

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Anonymous wrote:What you’re talking about, OP, is being intentional about not misappropriating images of Black people (or other marginalized groups) to express how you’re feeling. If the image is of someone already in the public, ie Prince, Oprah, Obama, then it’s fine. They’ve been well-paid for the work they’ve done. So to answer your question, yes, you can use that image of Prince.

Okay:


Not okay:

Oh come on! No one who sends a gif of that cute little boy is impersonating him. They're enjoying the cute kid dancing picture.

Let’s be honest: you’re not sending that gif because you’re showing someone how cute he is. You’d send when you’ve just had something amazing happen like you got a raise. You say, “Here’s how I’m feeling right about now,” and you’d include this gif. If you’re white, not okay. Find a happy white kid dancing.

Why is it not okay?

NP
I think my area is just more racist. I've lived here for a long time and I have a pretty good feel for the community. The "dancing kid" meme and others are sent around here not because they only identify with the kid's emotions but also because they think he is like a spectacle, like a minstrel show. Maybe your areas are filled with pure minded people, but this is where my mind goes when I see this.

This.

Black culture has had a tremendous influence of popular culture, slang, art etc.

If people can't cross-pollinate, and white people are only allowed to use historically culturally white (if they can even be a thing) forms of expression, then does that not exacerbate the problem of white supremacy in a majority-white country?

Doesn't this cut against all of the claims about how the cultural default in this country is deficient and not appropriately calibrated?

What do people want here? Some type of acknowledgement when you use a meme or expression from a culture that is not "your own"?

Try not to send around things that look like this and you should be okay.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/history-of-blackface-unmasking-the-racism-reignited-by-megyn-kelly-controversy/

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Anonymous wrote:What you’re talking about, OP, is being intentional about not misappropriating images of Black people (or other marginalized groups) to express how you’re feeling. If the image is of someone already in the public, ie Prince, Oprah, Obama, then it’s fine. They’ve been well-paid for the work they’ve done. So to answer your question, yes, you can use that image of Prince.

Okay:


Not okay:

Oh come on! No one who sends a gif of that cute little boy is impersonating him. They're enjoying the cute kid dancing picture.

Let’s be honest: you’re not sending that gif because you’re showing someone how cute he is. You’d send when you’ve just had something amazing happen like you got a raise. You say, “Here’s how I’m feeling right about now,” and you’d include this gif. If you’re white, not okay. Find a happy white kid dancing.

Why is it not okay?

NP
I think my area is just more racist. I've lived here for a long time and I have a pretty good feel for the community. The "dancing kid" meme and others are sent around here not because they only identify with the kid's emotions but also because they think he is like a spectacle, like a minstrel show. Maybe your areas are filled with pure minded people, but this is where my mind goes when I see this.

This.

Black culture has had a tremendous influence of popular culture, slang, art etc.

If people can't cross-pollinate, and white people are only allowed to use historically culturally white (if they can even be a thing) forms of expression, then does that not exacerbate the problem of white supremacy in a majority-white country?

Doesn't this cut against all of the claims about how the cultural default in this country is deficient and not appropriately calibrated?

What do people want here? Some type of acknowledgement when you use a meme or expression from a culture that is not "your own"?

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Anonymous wrote:What you’re talking about, OP, is being intentional about not misappropriating images of Black people (or other marginalized groups) to express how you’re feeling. If the image is of someone already in the public, ie Prince, Oprah, Obama, then it’s fine. They’ve been well-paid for the work they’ve done. So to answer your question, yes, you can use that image of Prince.

Okay:


Not okay:

Oh come on! No one who sends a gif of that cute little boy is impersonating him. They're enjoying the cute kid dancing picture.

Let’s be honest: you’re not sending that gif because you’re showing someone how cute he is. You’d send when you’ve just had something amazing happen like you got a raise. You say, “Here’s how I’m feeling right about now,” and you’d include this gif. If you’re white, not okay. Find a happy white kid dancing.

That’s so f’ed up. We have a shared humanity. Happiness and dancing with joy is not exclusive to black people. It’s a sentiment we can all share. Your reaction is absurd.

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Anonymous wrote:What you’re talking about, OP, is being intentional about not misappropriating images of Black people (or other marginalized groups) to express how you’re feeling. If the image is of someone already in the public, ie Prince, Oprah, Obama, then it’s fine. They’ve been well-paid for the work they’ve done. So to answer your question, yes, you can use that image of Prince.

Okay:


Not okay:

Oh come on! No one who sends a gif of that cute little boy is impersonating him. They're enjoying the cute kid dancing picture.

Let’s be honest: you’re not sending that gif because you’re showing someone how cute he is. You’d send when you’ve just had something amazing happen like you got a raise. You say, “Here’s how I’m feeling right about now,” and you’d include this gif. If you’re white, not okay. Find a happy white kid dancing.

Why is it not okay?

NP
I think my area is just more racist. I've lived here for a long time and I have a pretty good feel for the community. The "dancing kid" meme and others are sent around here not because they only identify with the kid's emotions but also because they think he is like a spectacle, like a minstrel show. Maybe your areas are filled with pure minded people, but this is where my mind goes when I see this.

This.

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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.

No, this is not a thing and you are ridiculous in your overthinking

Digital blackface is definitely a thing. It's just not really what's being described in the OP.

Naw, it isn’t. Sounds like weird, niche manufactured outrage.

You're wrong. People assume black identities online and hide behind anonymity.

I don't know about the appropriate level of outrage, but it is definitely a thing.

That’s just weird Republicans who have been humiliated after getting found out

Progress. At least you acknowledge it's a thing now.

Digital blackface has been used in the 2016 election to sway black voters, during COVID to stir up anti-vax sentiment among black people and, ridiculously, by Harry and Meghan haters who feel their criticisms will have more weight coming from a "black" voice.

Why, no. I am saying “digital blackface” sounds like someone’s lame, clumsy attempt to coin a phrase.

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Anonymous wrote:What you’re talking about, OP, is being intentional about not misappropriating images of Black people (or other marginalized groups) to express how you’re feeling. If the image is of someone already in the public, ie Prince, Oprah, Obama, then it’s fine. They’ve been well-paid for the work they’ve done. So to answer your question, yes, you can use that image of Prince.

Okay:


Not okay:

Oh come on! No one who sends a gif of that cute little boy is impersonating him. They're enjoying the cute kid dancing picture.

Let’s be honest: you’re not sending that gif because you’re showing someone how cute he is. You’d send when you’ve just had something amazing happen like you got a raise. You say, “Here’s how I’m feeling right about now,” and you’d include this gif. If you’re white, not okay. Find a happy white kid dancing.

Why is it not okay?

NP
I think my area is just more racist. I've lived here for a long time and I have a pretty good feel for the community. The "dancing kid" meme and others are sent around here not because they only identify with the kid's emotions but also because they think he is like a spectacle, like a minstrel show. Maybe your areas are filled with pure minded people, but this is where my mind goes when I see this.

Anonymous wrote:The whole thing is a made up distraction from 2015 designed to fuel the culture wars so no one focuses on the rigged financial system, monopolies and collusion, and income inequality.

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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.

No, this is not a thing and you are ridiculous in your overthinking

Digital blackface is definitely a thing. It's just not really what's being described in the OP.

Naw, it isn’t. Sounds like weird, niche manufactured outrage.

You're wrong. People assume black identities online and hide behind anonymity.

I don't know about the appropriate level of outrage, but it is definitely a thing.

That’s just weird Republicans who have been humiliated after getting found out

Progress. At least you acknowledge it's a thing now.

Digital blackface has been used in the 2016 election to sway black voters, during COVID to stir up anti-vax sentiment among black people and, ridiculously, by Harry and Meghan haters who feel their criticisms will have more weight coming from a "black" voice.

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Anonymous wrote:Am I allowed to drink coffee?

Try not following trashy twitter if you don't want to be triggered

I’m not.

So no coffee confusion for you?

No, I’m an ultra-racist latte drinker.

Anonymous wrote:I’m not trying to sound funny. So if I’m Latina, I can’t use any other ethnicities on gifs? And what about a black person? Can they use like a gif with an Asian American? Or is that taboo? What are the rules?