MicroWRONG:

Watching the two clips, Blackface Montage and Racist Cartoons, in class definitely challenged my ideas of this new “trend,” if that’s even the right word to use. While watching the videos in class, I was left with no words. I was straight up speechless. I couldn’t find an understanding reason as to why it was okay for white men and women to cover themselves in black paint acting as if they were African American. On the other hand, the Racist Cartoons video was something else. As a kid, we laughed at the things they did and how they looked. We laughed at the way those cartoons were mistreated. As kids, we didn’t know any better because the sociamedia made it seem acceptable, when in realty it isn’t. Comparing to what I knew then to what I know now, it is definitely crossing the line. Those things were definitely signs of microaggressions. Actually, a few days after Halloween, I was on Facebook just scrolling down my newsfeed and came across two disturbing photos. My newsfeed was filled with several costume photos. I follow NBC 7 San Diego, and they had  posted a picture of a group of four high school teachers, and three out of that four had their face painted black. It caught my attention because that same day, in class, we were shown by Professor Aronson pictures and videos of this Black Montage trend. I  decided to read through the comments because I wanted to know what people thought of this mishap. Surprisingly, people were mostly concerned with the fact that it was THEIR choice to dress like that. One comment read, “So now we will be punished for wearing costumes?! This is ridiculous! And don’t pull the ‘it offends some people card.’ There is a lot of stuff that offends people out there, the world doesn’t revolve around you. Move on!” Another commenter was angry with the fact that the fourth person who had joined the picture had their face blocked off, whereas the other three teachers had their full face showing. It took just seeing how recent this blackface montage was for me to realize how disturbing it is. Not too long ago after that first post, I saw another picture similar. Except one person was George Bush and the second person was Obama. Regardless of who you are and where you’re from, you should always be concerned about those around you. I can’t bare to understand how people can show themselves in public covering themselves in black. It’s nasty knowing that our people, our society is part of this montage.