I think the hardest part of the current political climate is realizing how many people are actually just evil.
Not misinformed or uneducated... just openly and happily enjoying other people's suffering.
Let’s put this dishonest “double standard” argument to rest once and for all.
Blackface is not harmless imitation, it is rooted in a long, ugly history of minstrel shows where white performers caricatured Black people as lazy, ignorant, criminal, and subhuman to justify slavery, segregation, and systemic oppression.
It wasn’t just offensive, it was a tool used to normalize white supremacy and shape how Black people were treated in real life.
There is no equivalent history where Black people used “white face” to dominate, dehumanize, or oppress white people.
There is no history of laws, policies, or violence reinforced by caricatures of white inferiority.
So no, a white person adorning Blackface it is not the same as a Black comedian cosplaying a white woman.
That’s not a double standard, that’s the difference between oppression and satire, between punching down and punching up, between racism and comedy.
Calling that hypocrisy isn’t insight, it’s gaslighting. You don’t get to ignore history, erase power dynamics, and then pretend the two are equal.
Miss me with the false equivalence.
everybody talks about cutting people off but nobody really talks about the grief that comes with having to stand firm on that decision knowing it’s not what you wanted but what was necessary for your well-being
I hate when I think I'm Close to a friend and then I look up and I'm not invited to the parties, functions, graduations, etc. Or you see your friends posting their friends and you're not included... y'all so weird and this is why i stay to myself.