To report friend to FB for photo of her blacked up?

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I'm really shocked - cousin of mine has pic of herself on Facebook blacked up. She is white. The picture is of her at a fancy dress party - she has covered her face in dark brown stage make up and is wearing an "Afro" wig and Rastafarian style striped hat.

Her husband is also blacked up.

bunchoffives do you have the ability to read? If you can re-read my post

I know black people are equal Buffy. Of course we are. I was making a point. Just because some privileged twat says you're not equal it doesn't mean that that is true.

If we were discussing the refusal of a local political party to select a black person as a candidate even though they were the best qualified, then I would be shouting racism as loudly as I could. But dressing up as a rasta for a party? Not so much.

Angelina Jolie played Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart & had to wear make up for the part or black up if you like. What's the opinion on this? Should the part have gone to a person of colour? Was she wrong to take the role & was the studio wrong to have her portray someone if a different ethnicity?

Bunchoffives that's clearly not what she meant

More WHAT ABOUT-ITUS but why would it be racist to dress up as a footballer or cheerleader? What's so hard to understand about blacking up being different to the billion things mentioned on here?

There was a lot of criticism of that casting, Heffalumps.

Storm, your post is astoundingly PC; it made me want to heave.

Whomever's parents dressed them up as a box of tampons I have nothing but disdain for. What a pair of fruitloops.

How is this ridiculing them for the colour of their skin? Is wearing a black wig when you have blonde hair ridiculing people with black hair for the colour of their hair?

Bulbasur are you saying black people are not equal?

That is exactly what I'm saying.

Trying to twist it to make me seem racist is counter productive.

Black people are only equal on paper. In practice, they are disadvantaged compared to white people whether you want to pull your head out of your ass to see it or not.

OP - Why don't you just call the police rather than report her to FB. And the daily mail whilst you're at it (disclaimer: I'M BEING SARCASTIC)

I saw a pic recently of snoop dog with white makeup on dressed as a white geek, I thought it was funny

Janine I remember opinion being very split on the fact she was cast. As far as I remember AJ became good friends with MP whether this was true or not is another matter. Just wondered what everyone here thought?

..and I'll tell you summat else: I don't consider myself, as a white British working class woman, to be privileged; I'm not permitted to wear a crucifix round my ruddy neck; I'm not allowed to to say 'no' to certain cake orders at my bakery.

Privileged my white, heterosexual, Christian arse.

Historically, Irish people have been oppressed. I don't see too many of them crying 'racist' at people throughout the world celebrating St. Patrick's day. (I'm Irish btw)

Mrs whiskerson you're just being deliberately obtuse. No one in their right mind would compare black hair with black skin

Or bring st Patricks say randomly into the thread. You're making no sense.

Blacking up is offensive. I have never met a Black person who has seen this and said haha that is so funny.

I think most thinking Irish people would be pretty offended if the type of portrayals of Irish people in the 19th century were considered suitable fancy-dress costumes today, MrsWhiskerson. Which is closer to the parallel you're trying to draw.

Crying racist? really!! give me strength

Don't think Pistols is kidding, sadly.

No I most certainly am not kidding. All of my cultural values and beliefs are trodden on every single day. How is that being privileged?