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Stop Stealing Black Identity: You Don’t REALLY Want To Be Black

Blackfishing, Blackface, and Black Culture

Destiny S. Harris
AfroSapiophile
Published in
5 min readJul 8, 2021

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Photo Credit | Cheryl Thompson on Blackface in Hollywood: Past and Present

Before we dive into society’s thievery of Blackness, let’s back up.

Africans were sold and taken from their country, stripped of their history, stripped of their families, and stripped of their rights.

From here, they were then forced to build America for a long time, without any credit or pay. Also, there was constant rape, beatings, abuse, poor nutrition, no education, disrespect, and lack of equal opportunities.

Oh, and black people, the people who built this country, are still being shot, killed, discriminated against, and diminished for no genuine reason.

Our culture, our food, our speak, our fashion, our music, our everything, well it’s pretty damn good, right?

Hell yes.

This is why so many people enjoy it, appreciate it, listen to it, wear it, and profit from it.

What many people want in today’s world:

  • The fat [black looking] ass
  • Full lips
  • Tan or darker skin
  • Black fashion/style
  • To speak like black

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