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Originally posted by ZZ-kai-
If there were a hip-hop party, and you dressed up as Chingy, that's cool, right? But if you're white, don't do it. I think that is absolutely s**t, discuss....
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No I disgree. I think if you're white you can come dressed up as Chingy or whoever. But I tend to think that you can get your point across without black face. I also don't think you need to know the historical implications of blackface to know that it's offensive
I think it's stupid to tell invite someone to a party and say come as your favourite rapper only to turn around and say, "but since you're white you can only come as Eminem or Vanilla Ice".
People are smart enough to figure out who you're trying to portray. I mean if I showed up wearing next to nothing I'm pretty sure people could figure out I was dressed as Lil' Kim.
It is possible to imitate your favourite artist, athlete, etc, etc, wothout being offensive Even if that person is of another race.
I'm sure a black man could dress up as Donald Trump wearing a suit and a really bad wig and we'd all know who he wa trying to be without painting is face white.
What these guys did was stupid and ignorant and offensive. I would be offended if I was at that party. You can't always play the ignorant card.