tech Have you ever or will you ever call out users on the internet for "digital blackface"

[MadonnasBoyfriend]

And in this definition I mean using gifs featuring black people while not being black.

 

I feel shaming anyone for using a newyork gif would be silly but it might become a thing if it grows into a movement. Hopefully it's just a fad.

 

 

Edited March 29, 2023 by MadonnasBoyfriend

[Sheep]

Some yt ppl make black pop culture their substitute for a personality and I think its weird but I feel like cultural appropriation talks have become so extreme that it’s border lining on resegregation looking like a good thing to some people. 

Edited March 29, 2023 by Century

[Illuminati]

It would require me to closely watch everyone who I assume is black and it doesn't seem right

 

Part of internet anonymity is accepting the fact that some people will lie about their whole identity. I learned it the hard way growing up and have never fallen into the trap of blindly believing someone ever again

 

Spoiler

If this is about avis, I have used Nicki's image in the past, so I guess I'm guilty as well if it lead to people assuming I'm Nicki

 

Edited March 29, 2023 by Illuminati

[JohnWayneHolland]

No, i think it's stupid

[Big Bad Wolf]

Digital black is a real thing. There are people on the internet pretending to be black to spread hateful rhetoric. However I think a non-black person using a gif of a black person isn’t doing any harm unless of course intended to. 

[samsclubPRESENTSavam]

The only way I ever knew someone was using digital blackface was if we were on social media. So unless you know something it's basically a losing fight.

[Ryan]

It’s the exclusive use of black gifs + use of AAVE + adopting the personality of a sassy black woman that is the digital black face. 

[TiaTamera]

Are the people responding Black? OP are you Black?

 

I hope no one in here is speaking FOR Black people.

[TheCheshireCat]

Ever since this conversation came up a few years ago I have actually made an effort to not use as many “sassy” black women gifs as reactions, especially when it’s a gif that might be lowkey making fun of them. 

 

While this obviously doesn’t make a huge impact I did notice that I was using them as more than necessary so I stopped. 

[#Beautiful]

[Donquizote]

No

[kimberly]

9 minutes ago, Ryan said:

It’s the exclusive use of black gifs + use of AAVE + adopting the personality of a sassy black woman that is the digital black face. 

^ this. it's not using one gif one time, or having a Rihanna avi because she's your favorite artist. it's a pattern of behavior to watch out for.

 

from how I understand it as a non-Black person, anyway. 

[unclefloprry]

nope

[Cheers]

And in this definition I mean using gifs featuring black people while not being black.

 

Huh  

[terrorblade]

[Smarticle]

I'm calling out @Bussea

[Alldeezy]

anyone likes finding an excuse to destroy and bully someone. so NO I don't think it should be a thing, the internet is toxic enough!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

guess It's time to use nothing but my fave as gifs now. because people on the internet are obsessed with ending me. 

 

 

 

[Devin]

It’s a problem when skinny YT gay named Steve, who can’t cook chicken login to ATRL abusing AAVE and emboding characteristics of a Black person. 
 

Edit: Most white ppl and non-American users are gonna say NO bc its an issue that doesn’t effect their community lol – it really depends on the GIF and intent behind it. 

Edited March 29, 2023 by Devin

[Trent W]

I think that someone pretending to be black online is ****** up, that is what needs to be called out, but it’s impossible to prove.

 

The blackface thing CNN posted of white people using gifs of black people is stupid as hell tho, unless someone is directly mocking black culture

 

To me the journalists creating terms like “digital blackface” are attention seeking and creating more conflict.

 

I think that smart people are able to spot this type of intentions.

 

Anyone who falls for it is just dumb.

 

 

 

[Into The Void]

No I'm not here to police people 

[Helios]

Okay so then black people should not be able to use GIFs with white people in them. How does that sound?

[Companion]

Damn using black people gif as reactions is cultural appropriation now? 

[playboi]

No I have more important stuff going on in my life 

 

[Mitsouko]

No I have a job, hobbies, friends, can take a walk, can achieve orgasm… why would I care if a white uses a gif of Tiffany Pollard?

[JustHoran]

 

What a joke. I will continue to use my New York gifs and I guess some people can continue to be pressed.