University of Alabama student Elizabeth Dennis recently changed her Facebook profile image from Piglet, a Winnie the Pooh character, that was in blackface with one hand holding a watermelon and the other holding a bucket of KFC Fried Chicken, with the word “Niglet” underneath. After it got around that the photo was up she posted a new pic and added the confession “the profile pic was a joke ... Sorry if I offended.”
But after looking at all of the photos that she posted of herself in blackface, I am even more disappointed that she was apparently supported by other brothas and sistas to do what she did.
Elizabeth must have missed the big speech yesterday because these photos were up TODAY.
But America’s transcending race and blacks need to get over it. Yeah right!
I wonder what's the percentage of white college students dressing up in blackface to black college students dressing up in whiteface and then being stupid enough or smart enough, depending on how you look at it, to post the photos on Facebook or Myspace.
Let's see now...TheSmokingGun.com reported on the photos taken last year on the bank of the Red River, where students from the University of Louisiana at Monroe decided to reenact their version of the Jena 6. Then there was Texas' Tarleton State University and South Carolina's Clemson University who came under scrutiny after photos posted on the Internet showed Martin Luther King Jr. Day parties with white students dressed to mimic stereotypes of Black people. Mimicked stereotypes included Aunt Jemima and gang members. One student is pictured with his entire body painted in black, while a female padded her buttocks. To add injury to insult, the students also appear to be drinking 40 ounces of malt liquor and eating fried chicken. And although he's no college student, let's not forget Charles Knipp's Shirley Q. Liquor.
And we're transcending race how again?
Keep reading to see photos...but I gotta warn you, it ain't pretty.
Hat tip: Brentin Mock
So it is not racist when Tommy Davidson does that nerdy white guy talk. it is time for everyone to chill out and stop the one-way racism.
Posted by: Dave | January 05, 2009 at 11:07 PM
LOL!
I made that Niglet picture and posted it on /b/ like 2 years ago, awesome! \m/,-_-,\m/
Posted by: Anon | November 04, 2008 at 03:55 PM
this is hilarious. there is humour in everything, and two sides to everything. this is fun, and not a big deal.
Posted by: | September 04, 2008 at 06:55 AM
I want to see more of the biracial mulatto girl from the fifth picture. She fine.
Posted by: Afrocionado | August 06, 2008 at 09:00 PM
Oh my lord... Well, she's going as Lil Jon, so it's more kinda like celeb impersonation. I mean, she's not trying to go as "Black Person XYZ" or whatever... although she could have, uh, erred on the side of discretion and stayed away from the stage make-up... Back when I was a kid, I remember some kids going as Michael Jackson for Halloween (when he was still young and cute and not nuts) and they didn't feel the need to paint their faces. Geez.
Posted by: | June 28, 2008 at 01:12 AM
Wow! I just did a little search of my own at the popular photo sharing site Webshots.com and found a seemingly endless number of photos of college kids in blackface.
I posted 18 of them on my blog. Check it out:
http://blog.fritzliess.com/2008/03/stupid-college-kids-and-blackf.php
There are enough to do a regular "Blackface Moron of the Day" -- seriously!
Posted by: Fritz | March 31, 2008 at 03:22 AM
There are black people in two of the pictures. They consented to being insulted.
Posted by: Shane Johnson | March 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM