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Bookworm616 said:
I had my 25th HS reunion this past Saturday. We did an informal affair - meet at a bar, buy your own food/drinks kind of get together which was AWESOME - less money to spend. I spent less than $20 for the whole night. Woohoo!!

Anyway, lots of people showed up, even some from out of town who could go because they didn't also have to buy a ticket to go to the reunion. That was also nice.

I wanted to walk around and talk to more people, but as I surveyed the room, I couldn't help but notice how people STILL stayed in their HS cliques. Really? It's been 25 years since we left HS people!! WTF?

Some guy, who is married, but he's likely heading toward divorce, was like following me around like a little puppy. I felt awkward about the whole thing and felt uncomfortable going up to talk to people, so I missed out on seeing people.

UGH.

Lesson learned. I just need to do what I need to do regardless of anything.

Oh well.

But, then as I thought about it yesterday, I realized that most of those people don't matter to me anyway. I haven't bothered to keep up with them outside Facebook friends and they haven't bothered either.

So, I made myself feel a bit better about how the whole evening ended up going.

Oh well, maybe 5 years from now I'll be in a better place and with a partner that I won't have someone clinging to me and making me feel awkward the whole night.
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I haven't gone to any of my reunions. My 5 year reunion, I didn't have a date and most of my friends did so I didn't go. The 10 year reunion, I was married but we had just moved to Spain and we weren't coming back just for that. The 15 year reunion, I really wanted to lose some weight before I went and that didn't happen. And by the 20 year reunion, I was back to square one. I just gave up.
 
Morning Star said:
Why cry racism?

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If she wanted to be racist, she wouldn't have put this much effort into her cosplay. I can understand why people would be upset since people who usually paint their skin another color are trying to be offensive, but I don't think this is the case for this girl. I didn't hear anyone complaining when Dave Chappelle painted his skin white. You can tell by the quality of her cosplay that she tries to be true to the character. This isn't some cheap Naruto costume she bought at the Halloween store. She probably dropped a decent amount of money on the costume or made it herself.
 
GFunk said:
If she wanted to be racist, she wouldn't have put this much effort into her cosplay. I can understand why people would be upset since people who usually paint their skin another color are trying to be offensive, but I don't think this is the case for this girl. I didn't hear anyone complaining when Dave Chappelle painted his skin white. You can tell by the quality of her cosplay that she tries to be true to the character. This isn't some cheap Naruto costume she bought at the Halloween store. She probably dropped a decent amount of money on the costume or made it herself.
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That's what I think, too. I don't find this racist at all. Something very similar happened to my girlfriend one Halloween. I think people can be a bit too touchy about things like this.

Took me a minute to realize she that it was the same girl in both pics. ...lol Great makeup job.
 
She's a professional cosplayer, but a friend of mine posted this on Facebook in a secret group I'm in and there were three people that had a shit fit. They were all black women, by the way, suggesting that it is blackface, when it clearly is not.

She is portraying a character called Garnet on a show called Steven Universe. I'd say....she has done a stunning job.

GFunk said:
If she wanted to be racist, she wouldn't have put this much effort into her cosplay. I can understand why people would be upset since people who usually paint their skin another color are trying to be offensive, but I don't think this is the case for this girl. I didn't hear anyone complaining when Dave Chappelle painted his skin white. You can tell by the quality of her cosplay that she tries to be true to the character. This isn't some cheap Naruto costume she bought at the Halloween store. She probably dropped a decent amount of money on the costume or made it herself.
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samson1701 said:
That's what I think, too. I don't find this racist at all. Something very similar happened to my girlfriend one Halloween. I think people can be a bit too touchy about things like this.

Took me a minute to realize she that it was the same girl in both pics. ...lol Great makeup job.
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The funny thing about the human race is that most people are causing problems 80% or fixing them 10-20%, no one knows how to simply stay out of the way, especially politicians.

For once I would like to see a politician collect his salary and do absolutely nothing, it would be an improvement.
 
Morning Star said:
She's a professional cosplayer, but a friend of mine posted this on Facebook in a secret group I'm in and there were three people that had a shit fit. They were all black women, by the way, suggesting that it is blackface, when it clearly is not.

She is portraying a character called Garnet on a show called Steven Universe. I'd say....she has done a stunning job.
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Doesn't take much to set sistas off. Why are you surprised.
 
The ones from this group responded in such a manner, not all of them were like that.

But I am sure if white dude decided to paint his face black to cosplay as Blade, would we respond the same way? Chances are? Most likely.

RicardoCooper said:
Doesn't take much to set sistas off. Why are you surprised.
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Morning Star said:
The ones from this group responded in such a manner, not all of them were like that.

But I am sure if white dude decided to paint his face black to cosplay as Blade, would we respond the same way? Chances are? Most likely.
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Well stated.

It look racists to me. A person in blackface is a person in blackface.
 
When I think of blackface, from a historical perspective, it would be something where it's utilized to denigrate, deprave, or exercise hurtful stereotypes, which is the something the cosplayer is not doing at all, especially when she looks like this...

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She is from a cartoon called Steven Universe and basically, she is part of a family of gems. And the reddish due gives off the brown appearance. But, when the character already looks like a 70s blaxploitation character, I think you may want to consult the original creators in which the cosplayer was inspired by.

goodlove said:
Well stated.

It look racists to me. A person in blackface is a person in blackface.
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Morning Star said:
When I think of blackface, from a historical perspective, it would be something where it's utilized to denigrate, deprave, or exercise hurtful stereotypes, which is the something the cosplayer is not doing at all, especially when she looks like this...

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She is from a cartoon called Steven Universe and basically, she is part of a family of gems. And the reddish due gives off the brown appearance. But, when the character already looks like a 70s blaxploitation character, I think you may want to consult the original creators in which the cosplayer was inspired by.
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Morning Star said:
When I think of blackface, from a historical perspective, it would be something where it's utilized to denigrate, deprave, or exercise hurtful stereotypes, which is the something the cosplayer is not doing at all, especially when she looks like this...

steven_universe___garnet_by_theeyzmaster-d6x3sqr.png


She is from a cartoon called Steven Universe and basically, she is part of a family of gems. And the reddish due gives off the brown appearance. But, when the character already looks like a 70s blaxploitation character, I think you may want to consult the original creators in which the cosplayer was inspired by.
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Uuh. Yeah. So she shows up at a party and look like that and u think people are going to think of doing research?

If u have to explain why its not racist...u are screwed.
 
If you're at a cosplay event, chances are, people won't be offended so heavily, espeically since they would be familiar with the show and the characters anyway. If so, one would have to ask "How is this person a racist, when she is already portraying a character that looks like a 70s blaxploitation character anyway?" Blackface is more than just putting on black shoepolish, there's an act that has to follow and I doubt anyone would actually think after the immediate emotional reaction.

goodlove said:
Uuh. Yeah. So she shows up at a party and look like that and u think people are going to think of doing research?

If u have to explain why its not racist...u are screwed.
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At the event maybe u are right but the general public...it wouldnt fly.

Morning Star said:
If you're at a cosplay event, chances are, people won't be offended so heavily, espeically since they would be familiar with the show and the characters anyway. If so, one would have to ask "How is this person a racist, when she is already portraying a character that looks like a 70s blaxploitation character anyway?" Blackface is more than just putting on black shoepolish, there's an act that has to follow and I doubt anyone would actually think after the immediate emotional reaction.
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