What About Your Friends?!

Halloween just ended and along with the detritus of rotting jack-o-lanterns and candy wrappers, there are the photos of some white people in blackface. We really should stop being outraged at them. The anger is misdirected. They should be mad at their friends. If you are the only one in blackface and you are going out on Halloween, then your friends are shitty ass friends.

Good friends will tell you about your appearance. They will let you know if you have schmutz on your face. They will let you know if your fly is down. Even strangers will tell you if you have toilet tissue on the bottom of your shoe.

How come your “good friend” won’t tell you that you are doing something racially offensive? If it was OK, then they would be doing it too. If you want to be Kanye, then your buddy could be Jay-Z and you can bro out in blackface. Similarly, if you want to be “Crazy Eyes” from #OITNB (I’m looking at you Julianne Hough) then why didn’t your bestie go as Taystee?!

Bottom line: If you go out in blackface on Halloween, then you have shitty friends. Join the KKK so you can be “twinsies” with people who will commit to wearing the same thing as you.