# Halloween issue.. Blackface vs. Impersonation **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273 "2008-10-29T10:18:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/1 "2008-10-29T10:18:49Z")
Where do you stand?! Would you be offended if you saw someone dressed as obama or OJ or samuel jackson if they were in full costume including makeup? I’m not talking about dressing up as a random “black guy” I am talking about impersonating someone famous. This also isnt being done for a joke its being done in seriousness, its not ridicule at all, its for the costume… face makeup/paint Offensive or Acceptable? If you voted, why do you feel that way? ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/2 "2008-10-29T10:19:46Z")
Do it I was going to dress up as a black osama bin laden, so when people asked who I was I could say Osama Bin Robbin. ---
**Author:** ![EvilJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a5b964/32.png) [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/3 "2008-10-29T10:20:43Z")
one of the options should be “depends on where you are” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/4 "2008-10-29T10:22:40Z")
are you balck ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/5 "2008-10-29T10:22:55Z")
are you asian ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/6 "2008-10-29T10:23:46Z")
I dressed as “Tyrone Biggums” aka dave chappelle as a crackhead a few years ago, but i did not paint my face. ---
**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/7 "2008-10-29T10:23:55Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > are you balck > [@justa4door](#): > > are you asian no… italian. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/8 "2008-10-29T10:24:01Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > Do it I was going to dress up as a black osama bin laden, so when people asked who I was I could say Osama Bin Robbin. Osama Bin Eatin? (fried chicken) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/9 "2008-10-29T10:24:11Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > Do it I was going to dress up as a black osama bin laden, so when people asked who I was I could say Osama Bin Robbin. how come you are not banned? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/10 "2008-10-29T10:25:04Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > Do it I was going to dress up as a black osama bin laden, so when people asked who I was I could say Osama Bin Robbin. RACIST AND UN-AMERICAN!!! BAN THIS MAN!! ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/11 "2008-10-29T10:35:13Z")
thers nothing racist about it, its comical. grow up. edit: it spawns from this ![http://happycarpenter.blogs.com/the_happy_carpenter/images/looter_4_osama_bin_lootin.jpg](http://happycarpenter.blogs.com/the_happy_carpenter/images/looter_4_osama_bin_lootin.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/12 "2008-10-29T10:36:23Z")
poll is private because I want honest and unbiased opinions… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/13 "2008-10-29T10:37:56Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > thers nothing racist about it, its comical. grow up. > edit: it spawns from this you implied that black people commonly steal things, how is that not racist? And it is not even funny ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/14 "2008-10-29T10:42:51Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > you implied that black people commonly steal things, how is that not racist? > > And it is not even funny umm, have you read the police blotter lately?, black man, steals…, black man caught stealing, black man found hiding with stolen goods, black man shot for stealing, etc… sorry man but its in black and white every day in the paper. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/15 "2008-10-29T10:44:21Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > umm, have you read the police blotter lately?, black man, steals…, black man caught stealing, black man found hiding with stolen goods, black man shot for stealing, etc… > > sorry man but its in black and white every day in the paper. just because it is in the paper that way, does not mean that it is not racial profiling. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/16 "2008-10-29T10:47:29Z")
yes i agree but thats the retard for ya, i dunno ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/17 "2008-10-29T10:47:38Z")
Was there a pun intended with the black and white thing? ---
**Author:** ![Supraman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/supraman/32/7307_2.png) [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/18 "2008-10-29T10:53:37Z")
The reason I ask is every year there seems to be some huge uproar about someone who impersonates another race… sometimes it is racist and should be blown up because the costume has poor intentions, other times I think that the costume is done in good taste but people still blow it way out of proportion and make it out to be something its not. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/19 "2008-10-29T10:53:39Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > you implied that black people commonly steal things, how is that not racist? > > And it is not even funny it wasnt implying anything grow up. Its a costume, its like if someone dressed up as howdy doody would that imply they have wooden balls? Its a costume, you could dress up as a pink batman or newman in a dress it dosent imply anything. Infact its Racist to suggest it implys anything it was YOUR brain that mad the coy assosiation. didnt beck just dress up as lil wayne? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/20 "2008-10-29T10:54:28Z")
lol nah, I personally don’t find it offensive in the least bit but I’m sure there are a lot of people that would (which is what really makes it funny, imo). I thought about going as obama this year, if purely for the reaction, but decided against it. God forbid you break down in a rough neighborhood 😛 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273.md?page=2)