# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/61 "2009-10-06T07:08:59Z")
> [@jt76](#): > > Would a german WWII helmet be offensive at a **UB** party > > discuss… :wiggle: fucking rofl ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/62 "2009-10-06T07:44:16Z")
If you painted your face yellow and went as a Chinese soldier would it be considered the same? ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/63 "2009-10-06T09:54:18Z")
alternative to blackface for Obama costume? ![http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/6370/obamapostercostume.jpg](http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/6370/obamapostercostume.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/64 "2009-10-06T11:33:49Z")
an interesting read. > **[Blackface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface)** > > Blackface was and is a form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of racial stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the "dandified coon". In 1848, blackface minstrel shows were an American national art of the time, translating formal art such as opera into popular terms for a general audience. Early in the 20 Black... When two centuries of black people putting on white face to spread the belief that white people are a lesser caste of human has occurred, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/65 "2009-10-08T11:12:25Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/08/harry.connick.blackface/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/08/harry.connick.blackface/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/66 "2009-10-08T11:20:42Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > [Blackface 'Jackson Jive' skit shocks Connick - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/08/harry.connick.blackface/index.html) I really don’t get why it’s such a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![nappy1380](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nappy1380/32/7502_2.png) [@nappy1380](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nappy1380)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/67 "2009-10-08T12:15:11Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > I really don’t get why it’s such a big deal. People are a bunch of sensitive pussies these days. Everything needs to be “politically correct”. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/68 "2009-10-08T12:36:06Z")
if it was just one or two random times that white guys did it in the 1920s then it wouldn’t be a big deal… but it was a 2 century long systematic method to reinforce that white people were superior by putting black people down as stupid but entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/69 "2009-10-08T12:47:18Z")
GKM. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/70 "2009-10-08T13:55:38Z")
> [@nappy1380](#): > > People are a bunch of sensitive pussies these days. Everything needs to be “politically correct”. That’s your reason. Over-sensative. And lawyers… ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/71 "2009-10-09T16:27:03Z")
is this offensive? ![http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/BlackNMild2k1/Katrina_costume.jpg](http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c262/BlackNMild2k1/Katrina_costume.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/72 "2009-10-09T21:20:25Z")
HAHAHAHAHA ---
**Author:** ![Nessuno3400](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nessuno3400/32/7228_2.png) [@Nessuno3400](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nessuno3400)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/73 "2009-10-09T21:33:45Z")
I was actually going to do this last year, but I was just gonna be some random black guy with a huge fro and afro pick… so I consulted my African American friend who told me that he and his friends (also black) would laugh their asses off at it, however there will be some random douchebag racist fuck in a crowd that will ruin it and start some shit over it. ---
**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 9, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/74 "2009-10-09T22:59:19Z")
as of right now there is a 70% chance i am doing it again this year… and i might be having a friend airbrush me hahaha… this is going to be fucking awesome! ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273/75 "2009-10-10T00:29:55Z")
The funniest costume I’ve ever seen was Seth Petruzelli dressed up as Kimbo Slice the halloween after he beat him: > **[Featured Content on Myspace](https://myspace.com/)** > > Featured Content on Myspace [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/halloween-issue-blackface-vs-impersonation/57273.md?page=3)