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lol, people were talking about this shit like 5 or 6 years ago and cnn is dredging it up again.
when can we consider them a joke of a news organization? lol
I saw a Tik tok yesterday that said that calling a dress a sundress is cultural appropriation. That itās apparently a black people things and that the only true sundresses are long.
So yeahā¦ not surprised.
Possible. Though that might be giving OP too much credit.
Their account is weird; 4 years old but 4 posts totalling \~3200 post karma and 42 comment karma.
Lol just stopped by to say I live in Oklahoma and went to high school with her son Stanford. Thatās it lolol we went to Northwest Classen high school. I still think itās weird when I see this stuff lol
Well I think it depends on how often you use black ppl memes... Like, a white friend of mine ALWAYS exclusively uses black ppl memes.. why tho? There are so many GIFs etc. depicting white ppl that describe your emotional state perfectly fine...
I read about this and it is much less of a facepalm when you know the whole thing... but please, don't ask me, i don't remember it in that great detail to be able to explain it right now. But, it is less insane than you think.
And when we check OPs history... New account, has posted 4chan memes with pepe... They do not care to find out what it is really about, the reasons for posting this are quite clear.
So actually I think I get their point but it's just presented badly. Basically if you are only using one racial group's expressions in gifs for negative emotions, it builds this association between that emotion and a racial group. Kinda like when you think of gang members thanks to media many people immediately picture someone black.
I wouldn't go so far as to call it something dumb like "digital blackface", but building negative visual-enotional associations about any group is probably something we should avoid.
Edit: No, I stand corrected. I stand by my point, but the article is just [really really dumb.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/us/digital-blackface-social-media-explainer-blake-cec/index.html) I gave CNN way to much credit to think this headline was just misunderstood.
I mean that's why I said it's a problem if we come to associate a racial group with particular emotions. But yeah CNN's I think is trying to promote self policing and more thoughtful posting, which is fair, but framed it with the most stupid points I have read in a while.
Actually this can be a thing. The England football (soccer) team were beaten at home by lowly Iceland last week. The picture they used to illustrate the articles tearing the team to pieces? A black footballer who came on as a 67th minute substitute. He was only on the pitch for 25 minutes but his image was the one that was shown to illustrates the debacle.
Give me a break. Black people are allowed to be funny too. Some of the best comedians are black. Everyone should share those memes to signal boost them, because they're talented.
This is the dumbest shit Iāve read. If you post something that I find funny and itās relative to what Iām posting about, Iām gonna repost it, idgaf about your feelings. Donāt post it in the first place if thatās the caseā¦ itās that simple.
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 I'm racist now too, I guess.
This one is extra funny
Such a brilliant movie.
So many quotable parts š ācover me you limp dick fuck upsā is my favorite one when Iām playing cod or warthunder with my friends
Uh that isn't what he said
āFuck upsā sorry
 Oops!
Digital black face!!! Oh no!!!
Say what again!
I dare you, I double dare you, motherf***er!
Everybody calm the fuck down with those random bullshit. 
Mr. Slappy McSlapperface
Digital blackface definitely isn't that, it's literally pretending to be black online ššš istfg these articles are getting dumber and dumber
And if you used yellow emoji , the Simpsons are victims
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Lord cheeses, there's gonna be a far
Iāll take racist lunacy for $800 please
Yes everything a white person does is racist.
Well yeah, itās our culture. We did it better than everyone else and anyone else trying to be racist is cultural appropriation.
Right let's go back to full segregation...like black and white only memes? Holy shit...
Whole new level
Isnāt white people using only white people memes what someone racist af would do?
lol, people were talking about this shit like 5 or 6 years ago and cnn is dredging it up again. when can we consider them a joke of a news organization? lol
No irony hereā¦*whole
Gif of another human=blackface. Lol gtfoh
I saw a Tik tok yesterday that said that calling a dress a sundress is cultural appropriation. That itās apparently a black people things and that the only true sundresses are long. So yeahā¦ not surprised.
White people aren't allowed to have emotions. WTF?
Whole. Whole, not hole.
I took it as a play on words, āa holeā as in asshole. Like people who think of this are assholes on a new level
Possible. Though that might be giving OP too much credit. Their account is weird; 4 years old but 4 posts totalling \~3200 post karma and 42 comment karma.
 (Context: I'm Chinese)
Whole* and this is old and wasn't really serious.
Shut the fuck up you sensitive assholes
Oh nooooooes
Lol just stopped by to say I live in Oklahoma and went to high school with her son Stanford. Thatās it lolol we went to Northwest Classen high school. I still think itās weird when I see this stuff lol
Well I think it depends on how often you use black ppl memes... Like, a white friend of mine ALWAYS exclusively uses black ppl memes.. why tho? There are so many GIFs etc. depicting white ppl that describe your emotional state perfectly fine...
 My favourite gif of a white man
I'm the dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude. You don't know which dude you is.
690K views, nice 
aint nobody got time for this lets move away from stupid
What does posting meme of RDJ in tropic thunder or of michael jackson count as?
so if I use a ššæ, im a criminal now?
I read about this and it is much less of a facepalm when you know the whole thing... but please, don't ask me, i don't remember it in that great detail to be able to explain it right now. But, it is less insane than you think. And when we check OPs history... New account, has posted 4chan memes with pepe... They do not care to find out what it is really about, the reasons for posting this are quite clear.
Oh man this got me banned from the twitter sub
Aināt nobody got time for dat. 
Hey, that's racist
On the internet iām orangeā¦ so all fine
So actually I think I get their point but it's just presented badly. Basically if you are only using one racial group's expressions in gifs for negative emotions, it builds this association between that emotion and a racial group. Kinda like when you think of gang members thanks to media many people immediately picture someone black. I wouldn't go so far as to call it something dumb like "digital blackface", but building negative visual-enotional associations about any group is probably something we should avoid. Edit: No, I stand corrected. I stand by my point, but the article is just [really really dumb.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/us/digital-blackface-social-media-explainer-blake-cec/index.html) I gave CNN way to much credit to think this headline was just misunderstood.
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I mean that's why I said it's a problem if we come to associate a racial group with particular emotions. But yeah CNN's I think is trying to promote self policing and more thoughtful posting, which is fair, but framed it with the most stupid points I have read in a while.
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What you understand how stereotypen works right. Its a bit naive that they counter each other out...
You wanted cultural appropriation to be a thing, now you have to live with the consequences.
Actually this can be a thing. The England football (soccer) team were beaten at home by lowly Iceland last week. The picture they used to illustrate the articles tearing the team to pieces? A black footballer who came on as a 67th minute substitute. He was only on the pitch for 25 minutes but his image was the one that was shown to illustrates the debacle.
Is it still digital blackface if I reference RDJ wearing blackface and commenting about going full r****d?
Naw thatās fine because he was just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
CNN, the gift that keeps on giving us comedy.
Give me a break. Black people are allowed to be funny too. Some of the best comedians are black. Everyone should share those memes to signal boost them, because they're talented.
luckily no one gives two shits about what msm thinks
We have to stop taking nonserious news portals seriously.
Why does this ridiculous crap get an article?
news goes out and finds someone to say stupid thing, more at 11 when we cover the latest trump rally.
Just THINKING about a black person?? Racist.
If youāre white and you look at a black person, youāre probably guilty of something. Love the nonsensical BS that people think.
We have hit triple-A prices, with season pass, and overpriced microtransactions on top of shitty gameplay level of BS.
Dumb
Bro what???? š
This is the dumbest shit Iāve read. If you post something that I find funny and itās relative to what Iām posting about, Iām gonna repost it, idgaf about your feelings. Donāt post it in the first place if thatās the caseā¦ itās that simple.
Every weeb everywhere who uses anime gifs: 
Damn lefties will ruin anything they come in contact with.