Visual Identity Politics and Remix Society
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Black face, White wash

Stereotypes

Snapchat’s Bob Marley filter

Snapchat's Bob Marley filter

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Black face, White wash

Stereotypes

Washing the Blackamoor White

Pears soap advert based on the fable Washing the Blackamoor white, published in the Graphic for Christmas 1884 Source: wikipedia

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Blackface as a protest against racism

Uit protest tegen een incident waarbij twee Soedanese vluchtelingen en ploeggenoten uitgescholden en geslagen zijn, ging de hele selectie van Deinster zwart geschminkt op de foto.

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Black face, White wash

Reversing the stereotype

The construct of race

French TV-Experiment Dans la peau d’une noir

A black family's transformation into a white family by professional make up.

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Beyoncé Knowles: L’Oreal accused of ‘whitening’ singer in cosmetics ad

Beyonce as a blonde and light skinned in L'Oréal ad

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