Digital blackface: The left's newest mythical form of racism



The left has invented a new form of racism, and it’s called “digital blackface.”

According to the leftist media, digital blackface is when white people take to the online world to use black imagery or slang to express emotions.

Jason Whitlock isn’t having it, so he went on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to discuss the latest distraction the left has concocted.

Whitlock says, “There’s just not enough racism and so, they’re inventing new forms of racism; and the next thing CNN will be telling us is about digital lynching, and digital lynching is when someone criticizes Barrack Obama, Michelle Obama, or Stacey Abrams, or Kamala Harris.”

“And then they’ll have digital slavery, and that’ll be when Trump returns to Twitter and someone likes a Trump tweet — that’s digital slavery. And then there’ll be systemic digital racism,” he continues.

But why?

Whitlock believes that “they’re trying to cover the fact that while anti-black racism has decreased in America, and everybody can see it, anti-white racism has increased in America.”

It’s all “there to distract us from the truth” and from the bigger issues that are corrupting the American youth — like the transgender issue.

Whitlock continues, “They’re normalizing this whole transgender thing and corrupting our kids and targeting our kids. They want us debating silly stuff, digital blackface, and not looking at the pure evil that they’re imposing on kids.”

“If they were doing it to me and you, we could handle it,” he tells Tucker. But, he says, “They’re doing it to kids. It’s evil, it’s wicked, it’s satanic.”


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CNN gets obliterated for accusing white people of racist 'digital blackface' for sharing black memes: 'The stupidest thing I've read in all of 2023'



CNN was thoroughly mocked for accusing white people of "digital blackface" for sharing memes and GIFs featuring black people. The CNN writer claimed that digital blackface is "one of the most insidious forms of contemporary racism."

CNN senior writer John Blake claimed that black people sharing GIFs of other black people "get a pass." However, Blake said that white people are not allowed to share GIFs or memes of black people.

"But if you’re white, you may have inadvertently perpetuated one of the most insidious forms of contemporary racism," Blake wrote in the article. "You may be wearing 'digital blackface.'"

"Digital blackface is a practice where white people co-opt online expressions of black imagery, slang, catchphrases or culture to convey comic relief or express emotions," he stated.

Blake cited a Teen Vogue article from 2017 written by Lauren Michele Jackson – who alleged that the "internet thrives on white people laughing at exaggerated displays of blackness."

Jackson describes digital blackface as "displays of emotion stereotyped as excessive: so happy, so sassy, so ghetto, so loud… our dial is on 10 all the time — rarely are black characters afforded subtle traits or feelings."

Blake wrote, "Many white people choose images of black people when it comes to expressing exaggerated emotions on social media – a burden that black people didn’t ask for, she says."

Jackson said, "No matter how brief the performance or playful the intent, summoning black images to play types means pirouetting on over 150 years of American blackface tradition."

Jackson advised white people to use Taylor Swift GIFs instead of images of black people.

Blake's article argued, "But critics say digital blackface is wrong because it’s a modern-day repackaging of minstrel shows, a racist form of entertainment popular in the 19th century."

Blake cited an essay written by Erinn Wong, "Historical blackface has never truly ended, and Americans have yet to actively confront their racist past to this day. In fact, minstrel blackface has emerged into even more subtle forms of racism that are now glorified all over the internet."

Wong alleged that digital blackface "culturally appropriates the language and expressions of black people for entertainment, while dismissing the severity of everyday instances of racism black people encounter, such as police brutality, job discrimination, and educational inequity."

Marketing director Elizabeth Halford told Blake that black memes "are the most effective, because white people are so boring."

The CNN article accusing white people of racism by using black memes and GIFs incited thousands of Twitter reactions – a majority of the responses lampooned the article. There were also hundreds of Twitter users who responded with GIFs of black people.

BlazeTV host Chad Prather: "Go to time out and think about what you said."

Writer Emmanuel Rincón: "Congratulations, this is the stupidest thing I've read in all of 2023. You guys really outdo yourselves on a daily basis."

Speaker Joel Brown: "So I guess we just throw context and intention out the window and claim everything is racist from now on? Way to create more division. The stupidity of the trash you push out there to the masses is off the chain CNN."

Journalist Glenn Greenwald: "The modern-day segregationists do everything possible to keep people divided by race, prevent them from having joyful and natural interactions, ban them from appreciating the culture and humor of others, and in general demand that they have as little in common as possible."

Commentator Ben Shapiro: "When the demand for racism radically outstrips the supply."

Writer Cathy Young: "Why is CNN peddling this bulls**t."

Podcaster Siraj Hashmi: "CNN is more concerned about digital blackface than they are biological men wearing womanface IRL."

Author Wilfred Reilly: "This stupid article is important in only one way: it illustrates that, as actual racism continues to decline, new varieties will simply be invented/promoted and used to make us fight one another."

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Last year, Blake was also ridiculed for writing an article comparing a Joe Rogan controversy to the Capitol riot.

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'Digital blackface': Far-left org says non-black people who share Oprah memes are guilty of racial sin



If white and non-black people share internet memes related to Oprah Winfrey's interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, they're guilty of "digital blackface," according to a progressive climate advocacy group.

What are the details?

The Slow Factory Foundation — a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental justice and protecting human rights — made the astonishing claim after memes of Oprah's facial reactions during the interview circulated on social media.

In an Instagram post, the Slow Factory Foundation chided "digital blackface infractions."

"Since the #MeghanandHarry interview on Oprah, we've been seeing a lot of digital blackface infractions with a few of Oprah's reaction gifs and images going viral, but that doesn't mean you should be using them," the organization posted.


Slow Factory Foundation defined "digital blackface" as:

Digital blackface definition: An online phenomenon where white and non-Black people share gifs and photos of Black folks to express emotion or reaction to anything happening on the internet. While seemingly harmless, the problem with digital blackface is that it often reinforces negative stereotypes about Black folks such as they're aggressive, loud, sassy, and simply here for your consumption and entertainment. It is another way people try and co-opt Black identity and culture without any of the day-to-day realities of being Black.

It was not long ago that white performers would paint their face black as a form of entertainment for the masses, often playing with the idea that Black folks are primitive and violent, and hyper-sexualizing Black women. The way that white and non-Black folks engage in digital blackface feels too reminiscent of these old shows.

What was the reaction?

Many commenters thought Slow Factory Foundation was being overly harsh.

"Reaction pictures/gifs and memes are universal and are certainly not a part of 'digital black face'??? I feel like that's extremely divisive. People use reaction pictures of those of another race all the time and I don't see how it's harmful?" one person responded.

Another critic said, "This just seems really divisive to me. As long as the gif etc. is not being used to mock people or reenforce stereotypes I don't see an issue."

Others, however, thanked Slow Factory Foundation for bringing attention to what they thought is an important issue.

"Thanks for sharing something always bothered me about this but didn't know how to express it," one supporter said.

Anything else?

As Slow Factory Foundation noted, the phrase "digital blackface" was first coined by Lauren Michele Jackson at Teen Vogue in 2017.