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the full digital blackface article
What's 'digital blackface?' And why is it wrong when White people use it? | CNN
If you’re Black and you’ve shared such images online, you get a pass. But if you’re White, you may have inadvertently perpetuated one of the most insidious forms of contemporary racism.
Put simply: digital blackface is 21st-century minstrelsy.
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It’s a tough question. But in the meantime, if you are a White person who is contemplating using a “hold my wig” GIF, you should consider the advice Jackson offers in her Teen Vogue essay to White people who playact being Black online.
Jackson writes:
“If you find yourself always reaching for a black face to release your inner sass monster, maybe consider going the extra country mile and pick this nice Taylor Swift GIF instead.”
so the last part appears to use a stereotype that racist whites are country people (go the extra country mile) and there's no admonition that POC not use memes from outside their race.







