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Today's REALLY? Halloween costume comes to us from a tipster by way of Quincy, MA where some brainiacs decided to slap on some blackface and dress up as George Zimmerman shooting a bloody Trayvon Martin.
The pictures are just starting to circulate online, and the girl who posted the photo has already deactivated her Facebook account and deleted her Instagram photos. The men in the photograph, on the other hand, are still active on social media. Until this morning, the man dressed as George Zimmerman had set it as his profile photo; he changed it and locked his photos sometime overnight.
None of the three pictured have made a public comment about the photo yet.
It's not clear if the woman's costume was intended to be part of the joke; but her costume is sold online as "Robyn da Hood".
MORE:
http://gawker.com/mere-blackface-wasnt-offensive-enough-for-these-partie-1452924995
TBF
(32,190 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Not a comforting thought
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,780 posts)They seem to be pretty proud of it... Fucked up.
valerief
(53,235 posts)I can't speak for other parts of the country then.
drm604
(16,230 posts)or that it might not be too bright to take a picture of it, or that it might be incredibly stupid and self-destructive to put it onto the internet?
Racist, insensitive, AND stupid.
valerief
(53,235 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Idiots.
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)I can only hope they reap what they sow.
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