barbed: nakedbabes: Looking at this I’m not entirely sure what to think. Admittedly I’m really out of touch when it comes to this whole internet art aesthetic, but I’m not sure how far artistic license or expression or whatever can go in terms of justifying a white person painting their face black and their lips red. What kind of productive, helpful or enlightening statement about femininity, sexuality or race could you possibly be making with this? Maybe its just ignorant, self indulgent bullshit. I say maybe, I mean definitely. Maybe this whole thing is just a bunch of white, middle class art students self aware enough to spend hours taking pictures of themselves, dying their hair green and making Sabrina the teenage witch .gifs but not self aware enough to acknowledge their own privilege/racism.  Or maybe I’m just really not getting it. 2 halloweens ago i was at a bar and a white man painted brown dressed as mr. t was hitting on me

barbed:

nakedbabes:

Looking at this I’m not entirely sure what to think. Admittedly I’m really out of touch when it comes to this whole internet art aesthetic, but I’m not sure how far artistic license or expression or whatever can go in terms of justifying a white person painting their face black and their lips red. What kind of productive, helpful or enlightening statement about femininity, sexuality or race could you possibly be making with this?

Maybe its just ignorant, self indulgent bullshit. I say maybe, I mean definitely. Maybe this whole thing is just a bunch of white, middle class art students self aware enough to spend hours taking pictures of themselves, dying their hair green and making Sabrina the teenage witch .gifs but not self aware enough to acknowledge their own privilege/racism. 

Or maybe I’m just really not getting it.

2 halloweens ago i was at a bar and a white man painted brown dressed as mr. t was hitting on me

Reblogged 4 months ago from barbed (Originally from nakedbabes)
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  6. deathsy reblogged this from nakedbabes and added:
    green, it’s yellow. Lots
  7. sarahdeetz reblogged this from nakedbabes and added:
    Other commentary here. I think this is important and relevant, though I apologise for not having anything constructive...
  8. nakedbabes reblogged this from 2teen2talk2u and added:
    His being gay does not suddenly stop the image from being racist. It being part of a piece of “art” does not stop it...
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    whoa when did that get so many views?!
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    2 halloweens ago i was at a bar and a white man painted brown dressed as mr. t was hitting on me
  13. xtjna said: ok
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    why would you bother writing this chill???