With this latest incidence of wilful – even gleeful – ignorance and knowing disrespect, you can only imagine how tired people of colour are of countering waves of arguments from people who just can’t take no for an answer. After all, this SNAFU is only the latest in a long succession of poor paint-based decisions, each bringing a swell of sympathisers.
We can infer this from his righteously indignant but equally accurate dot-point list of rebuttals to pro-blackface logic:
“The following arguments are invalid:– ‘He was dressing up as his Idol’ – She should’ve stopped at the jumper & wig.– ‘But what about the movie ‘White Chicks‘ – Not even once.– ‘It’s not racist because she didn’t know it was racist’ – Ignorance is not an alibi. The mother identified she knew this would be an issue and decided to paint her son anyway, genius.– ‘It wasn’t racist until you said it was racist’ – Nope, it was already racist.– ‘You’re creating the divide’ – The divide has been there since before you and I were born, I’m only bringing attention to what is another disgusting display of Australia’s attitudes.More arguments may end up on the list should any of these halfwits raise them, however I believe we are off to a good start.Further more if any of the above are your arguments, kindly go fuck yourself.B”
“Why is Blackface bad, but White Chicks not? Due to the associated history of Blackface, why it was used, and how it was used. There is no similar historical context for Whiteface.”
You may have also noticed Briggs left the list open. We’re hoping nobody else chooses to set their intellectual dignity on fire to contribute to this absolute #heat, but hey: if you’re going to have a go at defending an indefensible practice, a dissection of your logic may as well end up as an example for others.
Source: Briggs / Facebook.
