Is this blackface?

Question

While browsing Pinterest this popped up on my feed. The comments said it was blackface because her skin is darker and made her lips bigger.

There is no background info, just saw people arguing in the comments and would like to hear <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glow.android.eve">eve</a>’s opinion.

Accepted Answer

It's actually called blackfishing. You know many would argue that Kylie Jenner or any other Kardashian has done this. A couple of times I'm sure they've skated on thin ice. But this is blackface. If you see that girl in public, you'd think she was black. She uses black features for monetary gain and attention. She literally is using makeup that isn't even her color. There are many girls doing this. It is disrespectful and very wrong on so many levels.

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This is what’s known as blackfishing as previously mentioned. So while it’s not the typical blackface we see where it’s offensive, this is just another form of it mixed in with dash extra cultural appropriation.

Both girls are white and white a side by side comparison of their before and afters it’s QUITE IMPOSSIBLE to ignore the obvious change in features. 
Blackfishing is basically white people pretending to be racially ambiguous. 
As an actual “racially ambiguous” person, I can attest to the fact that my ambiguity has gotten me more opportunities than that of my counterparts and tbh if I find it offensive for a white person who already has privilege over even racially ambiguous people, I CANT begin to imagine what POC are feeling about this.

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Not black face.... lets not be ridiculous

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Makeup can make you look drastically different, it’s an art as well as a confident booster. To me, she still looks white after doing her makeup, so I don’t see how it’s black face. Many white women fake tan and I’d rather them do that than put themselves in danger by using sun beds.

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Ok, no. Let's not cheapen what blackface actually was. This is a girl with a fake tan and fake lips. She doesn't look like she's trying to look black to me, she looks like these stereotypical instagram girls. Unless she's out there trying to pull a Rachel Dolezal, then there's no reason to be upset.

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No!! This is foundation! This girl more than likely tans and uses a darker foudantion to match the rest of her skin!! When is everyone going to stop being offended by the way someone looks?

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She doesn’t look like a light skin black girl to me. Did she say she say or imply in any way that she was black? Unless she did then this case isn’t blackface

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She looks white lol. Not black face. She just tans and pumps her lips.

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Omg no lol TONS of women do their lip makeup to make it naturally bigger and many more like to get out in the sun for a nice tan. NOT blackface 🙄

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What did she do, get a tan or cover her whole body in foundation? Is it going to be blackface when a white person accidentally gets a tan in the summer now?

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