Lazy Racists

As a kid I was obsessed with Superman. I would sit daily in front of the television and in between episodes of The Three Stooges, I anxiously awaited the moment the man of steel would appear on screen. I had the Superman lunch pail, comic books and I dressed as Superman for Halloween for both the 1^st and 2^nd grades. (Ok I know, I was a nerd). My mother had to shop for my costume twice as I out grew it in between grades. I can remember her helping me get ready, making sure my costume fit properly and my cape swung correctly from the back. But you know what she didn’t do? She didn’t paint my face white. It wasn’t necessary everyone knew I was Superman simply because of the costume.

Unfortunately, there are still way too many of those of the melanin deficient persuasion who can’t seem to grasp this concept.  Every year around this time we get inundated with countless stories of idiot White people dressing up in blackface. Also, every year there are a ton of stories about some idiot getting fired for blackface so there is absolutely no way they didn’t get the memo. They know it’s wrong. The problem is they have this privileged, entitled attitude which leads them to believe they can do whatever they want with absolutely no consequences. Simply put, not acknowledging or caring that blackface contains a huge amount of derogatory historical baggage is racist. They don’t care that it’s offensive or even care to know why it’s so. And to be clear, most famous people and celebrities have easily identifiable characteristics which make changing skin tone unnecessary. So, when you make skin color the focus and defining feature of your costume simply because you have no imagination, creativity or can’t be bothered with recognizing other distinctions that make up a character or person, you are a lazy racist.

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In the Wrong pics it’s not just that they painted themselves in blackface, it’s the coded message. There’s not even an attempt to match the skin color of either Beyoncé or Jay-Z.  These two assholes see them not as talented celebrities but as their own clownish version of the stereotypical Black ghetto hood rat. Lazy racism.

But guess what? It won’t end. Next year we’ll have yet another round of knowingly clueless nut ball racists claiming to pay homage to their idols. They will unashamedly dress up in blackface, post it on social media and then cry a bucket of White tears because they got fired. Dumb asses.