Pretty sure the percentage of cosplayers that paint their skin is very very small.
Unlucky-Hold1509 on
If a white person were to cosplay a black character, would they also have to match their skin color? Think, twitter, think!
-xXxMangoxXx- on
When Japanese people cosplay as white characters from anime, they arent painting their skin white. People just be hating without actually using their brains to realize everyone in the world can see its just racist.
Jvancan on
Is it racist for white people to paint their face in black when they want to look like Micheal Jordan?
Longjumping-Bat6917 on
This is just sad…
Chance-Ear-9772 on
Bear in mind black face and minstrel shows are not really as historically relevant in most places outside of the Americas and USA in particular. For eg. the European tradition of black peter is not done with genuine malice at heart, he’s just black. I would say, maybe give this person the benefit of the doubt, maybe they genuinely don’t mean it like that.
MrPresident2020 on
This guy’s skin privileges are revoked.
MrMetraGnome on
Piccolo’s skin colour can be part of the character. Same with the Incredible Hulk or Sonic the Hedgehog. It’s usually unnecessary, unless you’re dumb 🤣
Heroic-Forger on
Knowing what twitter is like…I’m not surprised.
grimprime64 on
His cosplay is cute as fuck
kira1122t on
Painting your skin to be an unnatural skin tone (green,blue,etc) is not the same as painting your skin something like white or black are we serious
Anxious_Biscuit13 on
S I G H
coolchris366 on
Lmao they want whiteface
froggyisland on
Face palm indeed.. are they supposed to make their eyes squinty too!? I’m an Asian btw
fragiletestes on
the Piccolo comment is such a dumb argument for this cosplay lmao plenty of black people have painted their skin for characters with odd colors(like Piccolo, Starfire, Mina(mha), Gamora)
hero165344 on
ah yes, flawless logic
“this person is cosplaying someone who isnt the same race? thats racist! the logical response is to be racist back!”
Relevant_Speaker_874 on
Nicest comment on twitter:
Aok_al on
Ah yes, let me just put on makeup to make myself look Asian which is definitely not problematic and is totally the same as me making myself look like a namekian
BluetheNerd on
Their example being someone with inhuman skin colour is so blatantly disingenuous it’s hardly worth responding to. When Caucasian people cosplay Japanese characters do they darken their skin to match them? No obviously not. Piccolo being green is one of his defining characteristics, but for most human coloured characters this characteristic is usually instead found in other places like clothes or hair. You can represent this without altering your skin.
eskjcSFW on
The more important question is does she have a 🅱️enis?
jasno- on
The OP was Japanese, seems plausible to me he’s genuinely just curious as to why.
ObvsThrowaway5120 on
“Why don’t they try to get the skin color to match?” is such a goofy statement. I mean I get different cultural attitudes towards race and all that, but you gotta realize how absurd that shit sounds. Like if a Black person painted their skin “Asian,” they would get canceled because that shit’s racist.
Shiningc00 on
Reze is not Asian btw…
pichael289 on
>I have no problem with black people cosplaying as my beloved anime characters but they can’t do it with black skin, they need to paint their whole bodies the good skin color.
I think this is the best “I’m not racist but…” Ever
sjokkendesjaak on
This would be so fucking funny if they weren’t serious
Sashokius5 on
Okay but if an Asian person cosplayed a black character, the outrage would be bigger
TheTechnicalArt on
I wonder how these folk would feel about white people painting themselves yellow to cosplay asian characters? In all seriousness, unless the character has a non-human skin tone (like Piccolo) the vast majority of cosplayers don’t change their skin to match the character.
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Pretty sure the percentage of cosplayers that paint their skin is very very small.
If a white person were to cosplay a black character, would they also have to match their skin color? Think, twitter, think!
When Japanese people cosplay as white characters from anime, they arent painting their skin white. People just be hating without actually using their brains to realize everyone in the world can see its just racist.
Is it racist for white people to paint their face in black when they want to look like Micheal Jordan?
This is just sad…
Bear in mind black face and minstrel shows are not really as historically relevant in most places outside of the Americas and USA in particular. For eg. the European tradition of black peter is not done with genuine malice at heart, he’s just black. I would say, maybe give this person the benefit of the doubt, maybe they genuinely don’t mean it like that.
This guy’s skin privileges are revoked.
Piccolo’s skin colour can be part of the character. Same with the Incredible Hulk or Sonic the Hedgehog. It’s usually unnecessary, unless you’re dumb 🤣
Knowing what twitter is like…I’m not surprised.
His cosplay is cute as fuck
Painting your skin to be an unnatural skin tone (green,blue,etc) is not the same as painting your skin something like white or black are we serious
S I G H
Lmao they want whiteface
Face palm indeed.. are they supposed to make their eyes squinty too!? I’m an Asian btw
the Piccolo comment is such a dumb argument for this cosplay lmao plenty of black people have painted their skin for characters with odd colors(like Piccolo, Starfire, Mina(mha), Gamora)
ah yes, flawless logic
“this person is cosplaying someone who isnt the same race? thats racist! the logical response is to be racist back!”
Nicest comment on twitter:
Ah yes, let me just put on makeup to make myself look Asian which is definitely not problematic and is totally the same as me making myself look like a namekian
Their example being someone with inhuman skin colour is so blatantly disingenuous it’s hardly worth responding to. When Caucasian people cosplay Japanese characters do they darken their skin to match them? No obviously not. Piccolo being green is one of his defining characteristics, but for most human coloured characters this characteristic is usually instead found in other places like clothes or hair. You can represent this without altering your skin.
The more important question is does she have a 🅱️enis?
The OP was Japanese, seems plausible to me he’s genuinely just curious as to why.
“Why don’t they try to get the skin color to match?” is such a goofy statement. I mean I get different cultural attitudes towards race and all that, but you gotta realize how absurd that shit sounds. Like if a Black person painted their skin “Asian,” they would get canceled because that shit’s racist.
Reze is not Asian btw…
>I have no problem with black people cosplaying as my beloved anime characters but they can’t do it with black skin, they need to paint their whole bodies the good skin color.
I think this is the best “I’m not racist but…” Ever
This would be so fucking funny if they weren’t serious
Okay but if an Asian person cosplayed a black character, the outrage would be bigger
I wonder how these folk would feel about white people painting themselves yellow to cosplay asian characters? In all seriousness, unless the character has a non-human skin tone (like Piccolo) the vast majority of cosplayers don’t change their skin to match the character.
Racism aside it just seems very cumbersome.
A pretend of a pretend pretending