How did Christina Aguilera get away with wearing blackface & cultural appropriation?

[johnny_9ss]

People like to call out Ariana Grande for her... skin color changing. But she never served this:

 

Brownface:

 

Appropriation of cornrows:

 

Appropriation of the afro:

 

Appropriation of the do-rag:

 

Appropriation and sexualization  of the kimono/geisha imagery:

 

 

Has she ever acknowledged this and apologized for her behavior?

 

 

 

 

 

[Josh]

Christina always praised black culture and music by black artists. She never used it as a way to gain a fanbase like Ariana or Miley. 

[suburbannature]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

Christina always praised black culture and music by black artists. She never used it as a way to gain a fanbase like Ariana or Miley. 

???  

[Josh]

Just now, suburbannature said:

???  

Miley used black audiences and music to gain new fans for Bangerz and then went to lily white country music after Dead Petz. Christina has always loved music by black artists. 

[Sergi91]

3 minutes ago, Josh said:

Christina always praised black culture and music by black artists. She never used it as a way to gain a fanbase like Ariana or Miley. 

This. 

[Trash]

Times were different, you had Gween serving chola and harujuku for a whole era.

 

I think JLo got away with throwing the n word in a song roo.

[suburbannature]

Just now, Trash said:

I think JLo got away with throwing the n word in a song roo.

 

[Josh]

1 minute ago, Trash said:

Times were different, you had Gween serving chola and harujuku for a whole era.

 

I think JLo got away with throwing the n word in a song roo.

She didn't get away with it people still call her ass out for it. 

[HASHTAGPOW]

Legend X sees no color

 

Edited June 25, 2023 by HASHTAGPOW

[Shimenawa]

It was a different time, and no one was offended back then. She was showing her appreciation of other races and cultures. 

 

Edited June 25, 2023 by Shimenawa

[dirrtydiana]

 

[professor2000]

Just now, Josh said:

Christina always praised black culture and music by black artists. She never used it as a way to gain a fanbase like Ariana or Miley. 

This.
 

And she was very much accepted/loved by Black folks — both artists and GP (see: her getting invited to many Black artist tributes, including Whitney).  So I don’t necessarily consider her appropriating Black culture.  She lowkey one of us lolllll.  

[Trent W]

Back then it was seen as cultural appreciation rather than appropriation

 

Gwen Stefani was a lot worse yet was praised back then

 

But honestly they didn’t have any bad intention, people just demonize everything these days for clickbait and attention 

[Josh]

1 minute ago, professor2000 said:

This.
 

And she was very much accepted/loved by Black folks — both artists and GP (see: her getting invited to many Black artist tributes, including Whitney).  So I don’t necessarily consider her appropriating Black culture.  She lowkey one of us lolllll.  

She was always the blonde hair white girl with the big voice. It wasn't forced like Miley

[Asparagus Spears]

I’m sick of people calling artists out for using fake tan and calling it black face. It’s actually so ridiculous 😂

[elevate]

6 minutes ago, Shimenawa said:

It was a different time, and no one was offended back then. She was showing her appreciation of other races and cultures.  And it was normal and fun.

 

Basically. And intention is important, as others have noted in this thread. Also important to note that she moved away from this and has received backlash over it at times, as we can see from people bringing out weird hater tiktoks about it.

 

That's not saying we can excuse all of it, but it's also weird to bring it up when people have moved on and don't exhibit continued problematic behaviour. 

[Joyride]

she got a honorary pass from Whitney herself

[Mtjjproducer]

Christina was always known as a Latina. She was just going through a chola phase. Nobody thought she was trying to be black just a ghetto latina

 

a better question would be how pink (the original Miley wanna be black) blackfished and was trying to actually pass as mixed. Also even Britney tried to be ghetto and play on black culture but she broke her knee in the process 

[Marry The Gods]

It was a different time. There was no malice intended. 

Edited June 25, 2023 by Marry The Gods

[Sheep]

This flamebait thread @ Ariana. Get a life OP. The hair and costuming choices are questionable now(and she probably wasn't educated enough as somebody who was swept up into the entertainment industry as a little girl) but having a tan isn't being racist and never will be unless the tanned person is colorist as well. 

 

10 minutes ago, Josh said:

She was always the blonde hair white girl with the big voice. It wasn't forced like Miley

Baby this is your 4th post in like 5 minutes in this thread, breathe. You stan kpop let's not start talking about CA or blackf**e. Everybody is on their own journey and Miley has never done anything overtly racist to my knowledge.

Edited June 25, 2023 by Century

[Big Bad Wolf]

It was the 2000s and none of these are in bad taste

6 minutes ago, Asparagus Spears said:

I’m sick of people calling artists out for using fake tan and calling it black face. It’s actually so ridiculous 😂

I also agree with this

[bliaz]

31 minutes ago, Josh said:

Christina always praised black culture and music by black artists. 

 

25 minutes ago, Trash said:

Times were different, you had Gween serving chola and harujuku for a whole era.

 

17 minutes ago, Shimenawa said:

It was a different time, and no one was offended back then. She was showing her appreciation of other races and cultures. 

 

 

12 minutes ago, professor2000 said:

And she was very much accepted/loved by Black folks — both artists and GP (see: her getting invited to many Black artist tributes, including Whitney).  So I don’t necessarily consider her appropriating Black culture.  She lowkey one of us lolllll.  

 

12 minutes ago, Trent W said:

Back then it was seen as cultural appreciation rather than appropriation

 

Gwen Stefani was a lot worse yet was praised back then

 

But honestly they didn’t have any bad intention, people just demonize everything these days for clickbait and attention 

 

9 minutes ago, Asparagus Spears said:

I’m sick of people calling artists out for using fake tan and calling it black face. It’s actually so ridiculous 😂

Edited June 25, 2023 by bliaz

[Josh]

6 minutes ago, Century said:

This flamebait thread @ Ariana. Get a life OP. The hair and costuming choices are questionable now(and she probably wasn't educated enough as somebody who was swept up into the entertainment industry as a little girl) but having a tan isn't being racist and never will be unless the tanned person is colorist as well. 

 

Baby this is your 4th post in like 5 minutes in this thread, breathe. You stan kpop let's not start talking about CA or blackf**e. Everybody is on their own journey and Miley has never done anything overtly racist to my knowledge.

Miley literally said trashed hip hop by calling it "dangerous" based on the men she hung around during Bangerz. And okay? I stan for Kpop 

[Sheep]

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

Miley literally said trashed hip hop by calling it "dangerous" based on the men she hung around during Bangerz. And okay? I stan for Kpop 

She literally twerked on stage with a WHITE sexual predator. You missed the point. 

[Breathe On Moi]

46 minutes ago, Mtjjproducer said:

Christina was always known as a Latina. She was just going through a chola phase. Nobody thought she was trying to be black just a ghetto latina

 

a better question would be how pink (the original Miley wanna be black) blackfished and was trying to actually pass as mixed. Also even Britney tried to be ghetto and play on black culture but she broke her knee in the process 

you should have just left this in your drafts