Blackwashing is a term used when a person deliberately changes a (usually) white character, or person, to be included in the black race, as, to (in most cases) show more representation of the black community.
It is NOT okay to commit to blackwashing for more representation or any other reason. Blackwashing is just as bad as whitewashing. You are changing a character's ethnicity for YOUR OWN liking. It is unfair and showing the person needs to be in your community to be good. Please leave peoples' skins alone; they are perfect the way they ARE.
It is NOT okay to commit to blackwashing for more representation or any other reason. Blackwashing is just as bad as whitewashing. You are changing a character's ethnicity for YOUR OWN liking. It is unfair and showing the person needs to be in your community to be good. Please leave peoples' skins alone; they are perfect the way they ARE.
POC person: "We have the right to be blackwashing, it shows more of us."
Another POC person: "I am POC but believe that is unfair. We should not change someone's skin colour for any case."
Another POC person: "I am POC but believe that is unfair. We should not change someone's skin colour for any case."
by LyingTreasure June 1, 2022
Get the blackwashingmug. The form of making a originally white character black. It’s commonly used as “art”, and not seen for how incredibly racist it is.
“I hate how people are always blackwashing characters!”
“Blackwashing doest exist!”
“Then neither does whitewashing jackass”
“…”
“Blackwashing doest exist!”
“Then neither does whitewashing jackass”
“…”
by Aaron Peckman November 5, 2021
Get the Blackwashmug. The act of changing art that includes white, Asian, Hispanic, etc. Characters into Black or dark skinned, for the purpose of “representation”.
Twitter really is something, so much hate, especially to artists. A lot of “art fixers” really enjoy BlackWashing, it’s a lot more common than you’d think.
by CrimsonDragon March 29, 2022
Get the BlackWashingmug. blackwashing is taking a (usually) white character and turning it into a black person. but however, it is literally NEVER okay to take someone's character, and change it without permission. neither is it okay to take an oc, based off of someone irl, and change it for what you think it should be. making a black character is representation enough, you soaked boar.
person one: "if you think blackwashing exists, you are racist."
person two: "dude what the hell, did you just assume if someone was racist based off of that? that's cringe."
person two: "dude what the hell, did you just assume if someone was racist based off of that? that's cringe."
by destructioncombat March 4, 2022
Get the blackwashingmug. by mjhik January 25, 2011
Get the Blackwashedmug. 1) A process of turning a non-black person ethnically black (usually in anime fandoms)
Doing this to ethnically Asian characters (usually in anime as Asians barely get good media representation) gets rid of Asian representation (yes Asians can get mad at this).
Doing this to ethnically Asian characters (usually in anime as Asians barely get good media representation) gets rid of Asian representation (yes Asians can get mad at this).
person 1: This person turned this ethnically Asian character ethnically black. This blackwashing fanart is good :o
person 2: Yet it's racist when they turn an ethnically black person Asian 💀
person 2: Yet it's racist when they turn an ethnically black person Asian 💀
by Mip_pie June 22, 2022
Get the blackwashingmug. The opposite of whitewashing; pretending or otherwise revising the historical fact of a scenario in such a way as to demonize all involved parties and lionize any affected persons in a way that contradicts the reality of the situation.
Many people who want to have "Columbus Day" changed to "Native American Day" are guilty of blackwashing: they pretend Native Americans never lifted a finger against Europeans.
by ERU1492 December 15, 2015
Get the blackwashingmug.