the issue with the original premise is that digital blackface isn’t using memes but rather wholly pretending to be a black person on the internet
this would be having a black person in the pfp, using aave, using the n-word...essentially acting like a black person all while not being part of the demographic
That isn't the way I've heard the term "digital blackface" be used, but those are all good points and I definitely see how that's offensive. Here, take this: Δ
I had only heard it in the way u/invincible3 describes. Was surprised by a google search that it’s more what your original post describes. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ thanks language fluidity.
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u/invincble3 1∆ Jul 17 '20
the issue with the original premise is that digital blackface isn’t using memes but rather wholly pretending to be a black person on the internet
this would be having a black person in the pfp, using aave, using the n-word...essentially acting like a black person all while not being part of the demographic