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Edification
01/01/21 6:21:51 PM
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Doing a Skype call tomorrow and some sort of murder mystery thing a friend is sorting and were all going to be in character and Ive been given a black person to play. Would it be racist to black up for it like RDJ in tropic thunder?????
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Turbam
01/01/21 6:22:45 PM
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Sure

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Smashingpmkns
01/01/21 6:24:52 PM
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Edification posted...
black up

Uhhhhhhhh
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ModLogic
01/01/21 6:26:24 PM
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Edification
01/01/21 6:27:18 PM
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ModLogic posted...
nope. you're playing a role

well this was my thought.
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DigitalCamera
01/01/21 6:27:30 PM
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It would help us if you posted a picture.

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Edification
01/01/21 6:33:54 PM
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DigitalCamera posted...
It would help us if you posted a picture.

this is the character I am playing

https://i.imgur.com/OJ6jnbt.png
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cjsdowg
01/01/21 6:35:04 PM
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Saying fucking Blacking up is racist.

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Edification
01/01/21 6:35:36 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Saying fucking Blacking up is racist.

since when?
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Mark_DeRosa
01/01/21 6:35:47 PM
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lmfao, this alt is def getting banned

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Romulox28
01/01/21 6:35:51 PM
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sometimes a mans gotta black up

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KStateKing17
01/01/21 6:35:53 PM
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I...didn't even know that was a term. Wtf?

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Edification
01/01/21 6:36:29 PM
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KStateKing17 posted...
I...didn't even know that was a term. Wtf?

might be a UK thing
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Duncanwii
01/01/21 6:37:10 PM
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Its called blackface and it absolutely is very racist.
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deanshow
01/01/21 6:37:48 PM
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Yeah its pretty racist

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Edification
01/01/21 6:42:22 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
Its called blackface and it absolutely is very racist.

how come RDJ didnt get fired over it in tropic thunder then?
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CarrieChan
01/01/21 6:45:20 PM
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Dark_SilverX
01/01/21 6:48:25 PM
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It's extremely racist unless it's a Bloomberg production.

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Crescente
01/01/21 6:48:39 PM
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TC about to get blacked.
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SauI_Goodman
01/01/21 6:49:07 PM
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What constitues blacking up? Thebfunny part about tropic thinder is that rdj thought hed get backlash for doing it but it was actually ben stiller who got heat for doing his r-word scene.

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billcom6
01/01/21 6:49:15 PM
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wtf is blacking up

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SSJ2GrimReaper
01/01/21 7:03:34 PM
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An_Actual_Chad
01/01/21 7:05:33 PM
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Just wear the clothes that guy wears and say things you think he would say idk.

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