Nakkiah Lui Dismantles Blackface Reasoning After Frankston Bomber Fiasco

There are still pockets of Australia that haven’t picked up on the fact blackface is needlessly, pointlessly offensive to actual indigenous people.

The latest proof of that fact comes by way of the Frankston Bombers footy team and their painted-up party, which was summarily smacked down by good ol’ Briggsy. 

If he’s the initial blow that takes down the guard of racist costumes and the ideas that perpetuate them, Nakkiah Lui is the swift follow-up punch that absolutely floors ’em. 

In a typically succinct Facebook post, the indigenous writer and commentator handily turned the “it’s just a costume” narrative against those donning the paint, saying if it’s not so bad – why not just stick with it?


“There should be a law where White People who do Black Face have to then wear it for at least a month to get a small taste of the Black experience they think they’re ‘paying tribute’ to.

Maybe it could be a whole life swap, where they have to drop a few social classes, get racially profiled and beaten up by the police, get diabetes, go missing and not have the police look for you, taxis never stop for you, no one sits next to you at a bus stop, security follow you around shops, people ignore serving you, ticking a box identifying you as Black, have people question just how ‘Black Face’ you really are, be denied jobs because people think you’re lazy – actually everyone thinks you’re lazy and everyone keeps insisting you get everything for free, and then throw in a few more police beatings.

Oh, and you also have to agree to end your life a little earlier. Around 11.7 years earlier than you previously would have lived to. Chuck that into the Black Face experience as well.”
While that handily sums up the whole deal, and representatives from the communities that feel shat upon by such antics should be respected regardless, other community leaders have also slammed the whole fiasco just in case anybody is still choosing to ignore black perspectives:

Oh, and for anyone still convinced they need to black-up for a piss-up: here’s a handy tutorial video, from a bona fide PoC. Go wild.


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