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Trudeau - help me out, I still don't get it

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pombear · 19/09/2019 22:27

So Trudeau's now prostrating himself in front of the apology-altar for donning 'brownface'.

But men wearing 'womanface'. Not a problem. Not appropriation. Same political party, same political people.

-all horrified and apologetic at a man wearing 'brownface'.

But the minute men wear 'womanface' and state they're women, that's it. They're women.

Where's the difference here?

Is it the intent?

Is it the occasional-ness (ie not just a party, not just a weekend, in a week, or even a year in 'womanface' that's then deemed OK, not appropriation? Who gets to make the decision?)

Why are some men who like to wear clothes that are stereotypically associated with women, whio wear make-up that's stereotypically associated with women, not accused of the same appropriation as Trudeau has been?

Justin photo - worldwide media decimation and questioning
Jonathan Yaniv - most of the world's media "meh"

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LloydBraun · 19/09/2019 22:29

Because wearing blackface affects real people. The other only affects women.
Did you not get the memo about who matters and who doesn’t? Tut tut.

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