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Black Woman Paints Herself White To Make A Point (Original Post) yuiyoshida Sep 2016 OP
Eddie Murphy did this, better, in 1984. He shone a light on White Privilege MADem Sep 2016 #1
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Buy old Barbie dolls and repaint their faces realistically. Good hobby uppityperson Sep 2016 #6
That kind of detail work would be satisfying DesertRat Sep 2016 #7
ROFL - Facebook and Youtube took this protest down - they leave up shootings, jtuck004 Sep 2016 #2
yeah, I saw this on Facebook a few days ago Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #3

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. Eddie Murphy did this, better, in 1984. He shone a light on White Privilege
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 03:47 PM
Sep 2016

before the term was even coined:

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/white-like-me/n9308

Video at link. I urge everyone who hasn't seen it to have a look. It's funny, and it's sad because it is still so damn true despite the overly broad and comedic representations.

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jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
2. ROFL - Facebook and Youtube took this protest down - they leave up shootings,
Sun Sep 25, 2016, 04:07 PM
Sep 2016

killings of unarmed black men and other violence, but gawd-forbid she shows her butt.

Then again, the ass clowns at Facebook and Youtube profit from these videos of black men being shot, and they might get a complaint if they supported the idea that black lives matter, cut into their profit.

Hey Cenk - it's not automatic - it's programmed - a rule created by misogynist, maybe racist owners who are more offended by a naked woman than a murdered black person.

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