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Whitewashing

Whitewashing is the alteration of a characters skin tone, from black/brown to white. This is also racist due to the harmful anti black history whitewashing black characters has. In America (euro-centric features were seen as a beauty standard that bpoc (black poc) couldn’t fit. Changing a black character to look white removes the little representation for black people while also conveying an anti black message.

“__ drew a dark skin character as lightskin, so it’s whitewashing”

by Blk Albedo Defines November 29, 2021

Whitewashing art

Whitewashing is the alteration of a characters skin tone, from black/brown to white. This is also racist due to the harmful anti black history whitewashing black characters has. In America (euro-centric features were seen as a beauty standard that bpoc (black poc) couldn’t fit. Changing a black character to look white removes the little representation for black people while also conveying an anti black message.

Drawing a black/brown character with a lighter skintone is whitewashing art

by Blk Albedo Defines November 29, 2021