Digital Blackface
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Black creators say latest TikTok audio trends are perpetuating digital blackface: 'This is hurting Black people'
"Dear Nonblacks: you are proving my point by calling the audio of a Black woman just speaking as she naturally does, 'sassy and assertive.'"
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White male professor caught posing as Black woman on Twitter is just the latest in a bizarre trend: 'Identity tourism'
Chapman’s curious behavior echoes that of many before him, including, most recently, an activist and two college instructors.
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'Yasss, queen!', 'Hell, no!': Here's how Black-caricature GIFs can reinforce racism, as 'digital blackface'
The growing popularity among non-Black users of GIFs that feature Black people has given rise to a new term: "digital blackface." Yahoo spoke to UC Berkeley student Erinn Wong about her research on what that means.
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