puzzlegirlsandpoprocks:Hello there, this is Becky. Say hi Becky! Becky has decided to enter into the
puzzlegirlsandpoprocks:Hello there, this is Becky. Say hi Becky! Becky has decided to enter into the hellish world of cosplaying, GOOD FOR YOU BECKY! Now, Becky had decided to make the controversial decision to cosplay as a POC who just happens to be brown skinned. And I know what you are thinking, it’s just a costume, it shouldn’t matter who wears it right? Hahahahahah… no. Dark Skinned POC are treated like freaks at many conventions when they Cosplay as a light skinned person, getting called disgusting racist names or their costume is all wrong because of their skin when they probably have the best made costume out there. It wouldn’t hurt Becky to think about that before she dons the costume of a brown skinned POC and understand her privilege allows her to wear the costume without a problem and instead chose one of the thousands of light skinned people instead of the hand full of brown and dark out of respect. But that’s not the issue here!Now Becky believes her costume is not accurate enough. Now anyone with two brain cells can see she is missing arm bands and a few other minor things. But wait! Becky isn’t even thinking about those things and is concerned with her skin tone and decided to change her skin to better match the character.Becky. Is. Wrong. People of Color are not costume, contrary to popular belief. Becky has no right to wear the skin of a POC for a day without the actual oppression and racism that goes along with being a POC. This is brown facing, a recent hate child of black facing, red facing and yellow facing. And regardless of intent. It’s racist. It will always be racist. So here are some rules for Becky and maybe some of you should do that sameDON’TWear body paint to mimic skin toneDON’TGo out tanning to mimic skin toneDON’TGet a fake tan to mimic skin toneDON’TUse darker makeup to mimic skin toneFollow these rules and don’t end up like Becky!And in relevance to my previous post, here we have Exhibit A, a typical PoC with an entitlement complex, whole-heartedly believing that she has the right to tell others what is or isn’t acceptable to do just because her skin is darker than that of her targets. -- source link
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