these threads always go in the same goddamn circles. God forbid you be asked not to treat blackness as a silly costume.
Of course racism exist here in Spain, I don't think he's saying that. But I have to agree with him that blackface hasn't been seen as a problem until very very recently. Heck, I have not heard any PoC person here in Spain complain about it (that doesn't make it right of course). I completelty understand why it can offend people, and everyone should be careful with that.
Us europeans posting here are not trying to condone blackface, but are arguing that that painting your face black is not seen as offensive by the majority of the population. Is it ignorant? Of course. Sadly it will take a long time for the majority of the european population to "get" some things that are already common knowledge in the US (eg. the N word)
As an example, this product would be seen as a nononono in the US, but it's pretty common here and not seen as a bad thing (though some of us kinda feel a bit "this is not right" about this).
Conguitos as in "little Congo people". They are chocolate thingies.
Saying ignorance is not excuse while displaying ignorance yourself. Do you know that the word slave originated from slav, the people that inhabitate eastern Europe? They've been reaved, colonized, even massacred by their rich neighbours. Also, most eastern European countries absolutely did not "thrive" after two world wars. Many of them became satellite nations of the USSR, some are still developing countries today.
Honest mistake...
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Have a couple of friends, but that's just my inner circle. Thanks for linking those accounts! Will have a look.
''Who's the real bigot here??"
Yeah many comments in this thread are so ignorant that it hurts. Lithuanian people were enslaved multiple times by world's super powers and suffered greatly, still suffering long term consequences to this day. This country is barely 30 years old and is being mashed together in this thread along with other Western European countries who have a long history in colonization, where as Lithuania actually suffered receiving end of "colonization". Just wtf, how ignorant can you get? If you don't know anything about European history just don't post, why embarrass yourself so much.
What country is that? Are you sure you and your girlfriend isn't mixing up racism with nationalism? Eastern Europeans tend to be a bit nationalistic, especially older people.
don't put words into my mouth.
Unfortunately it has been done to all non-white races. British comedies from the sixties and seventies were full of painted white people pretending to be from the varies countries we colonized. I do not say this to diminish your point on how wrong it is (an how justifiably pissed you are), but just that all minorities have been dealing with this shit for decades.
This is not always true. Case in point, I wanted brown makeup on my face to look like Hank Aaron when I was 7. I had no clue what racism was. Someone completely isolated from these things wouldn't be doing it with racist intent. I understand most of it is done with that intent.
Get outta here with this "these countries" generalization bullshit. There is racism everywhere. And I've never heard of a Lithuanian throwing banana at a black football player, show me receipts please?
There is far, far less concern for combating racism in certain countries. My example above, Russia, etc... many places just haven't progressed in the same way socially.
Of course racism exist here in Spain, I don't think he's saying that. But I have to agree with him that blackface hasn't been seen as a problem until very very recently. Heck, I have not heard any PoC person here in Spain complain about it (that doesn't make it right of course). I completelty understand why it can offend people, and everyone should be careful with that.
Us europeans posting here are not trying to condone blackface, but are arguing that that painting your face black is not seen as offensive by the majority of the population. Is it ignorant? Of course. Sadly it will take a long time for the majority of the european population to "get" some things that are already common knowledge in the US (eg. the N word)
As an example, this product would be seen as a nononono in the US, but it's pretty common here and not seen as a bad thing (though some of us kinda feel a bit "this is not right" about this).
Conguitos as in "little Congo people". They are chocolate thingies.
Another one.
And the old Colacao song... I get shivers. It's not racist per se (or it is), but at least heavily implies that the people farming the colacao weren't doing it for a nice pay.Don't forget Colacao or Morenitos (little brown people)...
