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To think this isn't racist?

35 replies

Sparklfairy · 21/12/2019 16:49

There's a trend doing the rounds on tiktok at the moment. For those who don't know, this is when a particular dance or trick is recreated by many users.

This particular trend involves mining a comedy skit on contouring, while applying makeup. The skit is very funny, so I looked it up. It turns out the original video is by an American vlogger, and someone has 'lifted' the audio without their permission and now it's doing the rounds on tiktok.

The original creator is furious, and is calling racism, saying 'white people think they can steal everything'. It's turning into a massive race row on SM.

As a white woman, I'm not sure how it's racist. It's not a piss take of her and makes no reference to race in the skit. She seems to be insinuating that it wouldn't have been 'stolen' if she was white Confused

Am I wrong here? The way I see it, she's got a million more views on YouTube as a direct result of this, and yet she's turned it into something completely different. If a man lifted my creative work I wouldn't automatically cry misogynist...

OP posts:
Rachelfromfriends1 · 21/12/2019 23:43

As a white woman, your opinion on what is/isn’t racist is irrelevant as you’re obviously not the target of racism, are you? It’s like a man trying to add his input on period cramps, it’s not his place to judge as he doesn’t have the experience.

Racism is much more nuanced than you think - it shockingly isn’t as black and white as a BAME individual “playing the race card” whenever a situation isn’t on the undeniably racist end of the scale.

YappityYapYap · 22/12/2019 00:08

I found her video really funny to be honest

Butchyrestingface · 22/12/2019 00:12

She annoyed me after 15 seconds

You have better staying power than me.

TriangularRatbag · 22/12/2019 00:17

No, not racist.

LifeAndSoulOfThe · 22/12/2019 00:52

I can’t see anything wring with this, people need to get a grip & stop being so sensitive Hmm

DonutMan · 22/12/2019 01:04

It is hard for white people to understand racism when it is not directly filled with hatred.

I agree.

Many people wouldn't think twice about the old 'Englishman, Irishman, and Scotsman walked into a bar' jokes, but they're pretty offensive tbh as the punchline is literally that Irish people are dumb (you could never get away with replacing the Irishman with a Nigerian and not get stick for it).

SomethingOnce · 22/12/2019 01:17

Contouring is weird and this woman is annoying.

Tbh, I thought the video would be more than just another contouring video, to warrant any fuss.

LadyChatterleysHoover · 22/12/2019 01:22

I thought it was funny. Though if I hadn't been told she was BAME I would have thought she was white, which goes to show how little I know about race.

Penguinshame · 22/12/2019 01:23

Hang on! No mountains in Denmark? Seriously? I feel strangely cheated.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 22/12/2019 18:15

Really no mountains in Denmark proper (I don't know about the Faroe Islands or Greenland?) The highest point in Denmark (Møllehøj, by about nine centimetres) is 170.86 metres above sea-level.

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