John Blake, a writer for CNN.com, is the author of a piece titled” “What’s ‘digital blackface?’ And why is it wrong when White people use it?”
Blake cited aby writer Lauren Michele Jackson who wrote that the trend is part of white people who view black people as “walking hyperbole.”
“No matter how brief the performance or playful the intent, summoning black images to play types means pirouetting on over 150 years of American blackface tradition,” according to Jackson. White men would darken their faces to create caricatures of black people, including large mouths, lips and eyes, woolly hair and coal-black skin.
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