PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Apparently approximating the skin tone of a celebrity/character that you wish to emulate for a fancy dress night is offensive to some people. Absolutely frackin' ridiculous. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26446213 Even more irritating, unlike the Sol Campbell nonsense, I can't find anyone in the media yet who is speaking out against this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 By this rationale you could get in trouble for painting yourself green if you wanted to be the incredible hulk. Or am I being hulkist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 By this rationale you could get in trouble for painting yourself green if you wanted to be the incredible hulk. Or am I being hulkist? .....and painting yourself blue to be a Smurf? Or is that Smurfist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scratch2000uk Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Apparently approximating the skin tone of a celebrity/character that you wish to emulate for a fancy dress night is offensive to some people. Absolutely frackin' ridiculous. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26446213 Even more irritating, unlike the Sol Campbell nonsense, I can't find anyone in the media yet who is speaking out against this. Jesus :censored:ing christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 This is foolish. Blacking up to portray a demeaning stereotype is bad, this isn't. Reminds me for being told off by someone in work for answering, "John Barnes," when a colleague asked me what football he looked like. Maybe I should have said Paul Scholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Ritchie Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Why would people want to 'black up' though? It isn't really funny is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scratch2000uk Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Why would people want to 'black up' though? It isn't really funny is it? White chicks is funny as :censored:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Why would people want to 'black up' though? It isn't really funny is it? In order to look as much like the person they are trying to emulate as practically possible. Why wouldn't you want to "black up" if the person you are dressed as has dark skin? The only way this kind of thing could be reasonably seen as controversial imho is if someone "blacks up" for Halloween or something, Then when they are asked who they have come as, they respond with "I have come as a black person". Then and only then would I understand the "offense". But this incident is just garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsChris Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 This is foolish. Blacking up to portray a demeaning stereotype is bad, this isn't. Reminds me for being told off by someone in work for answering, "John Barnes," when a colleague asked me what football he looked like. Maybe I should have said Paul Scholes. No need to take the piss just because he's a fat bastard though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJazzer Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Why would people want to 'black up' though? It isn't really funny is it? Depends on the fancy dress.... Hi mate, nice habit, who you supposed to be? Whoopi Goldberg That's :censored: mate, you look nowt like her, she's black for a start I know but blacking up would offend someone apparently so I just look like a tit dressed as a nun..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc0000 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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