Blackwashing is a racist term that was coined by white supremacists to imply that black actors playing 'white' characters in media was problematic. The term itself is used online as a way to deter black fans in any fandom source from seeing themselves in characters, unlike whitewashing that has a historical context of being used to 'purify' characters or people, black washing DOES NOT exist.
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Get the BLACKWASHING mug.Chronically online shit that you will not hear outside of TikTok, that also does not exist and is just to make white people feel better about themselves.
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A term for dumb fucks.
by Yuisupremacy July 24, 2021
Get the Blackwashing mug.blackwashing is not a thing. it is simply for black rep because they barely get any!! yall white people be turning characters white and then complain that we’re “blackwashing” characters? shut the hell up.
1: “omg… this person literally blackwash a character! its not okay to change their skin tone! black rep is not an excuse!
2: “girl what”
2: “blackwashing isnt even a thing… what are u saying”
2: “girl what”
2: “blackwashing isnt even a thing… what are u saying”
by chu2sama June 17, 2022
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‘Blackwashing’ was originally supposed to be used as representation, and people would take characters and change their skintone and hair style. A lot of people have claimed it as racist because you were ‘changing’ their race, when, no.. they weren’t, they were adding, not taking away. Sometimes people forget blasians exist…
Also, these same people who were doing this, switched up immediately when people were hating on it and it’s fucking annoying when you dumbasses do that.
‘Blackwashing’ was originally supposed to be used as representation, and people would take characters and change their skintone and hair style. A lot of people have claimed it as racist because you were ‘changing’ their race, when, no.. they weren’t, they were adding, not taking away. Sometimes people forget blasians exist…
Also, these same people who were doing this, switched up immediately when people were hating on it and it’s fucking annoying when you dumbasses do that.
by kztru May 21, 2022
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by die stupid fucking slut December 24, 2022
Get the Blackwashing mug.Something that doesn't exist, because nothing ever turns black by washing. So more appropriate terms for the act of turning white characters black would be "blackpolluting", "blacksmutting" or "blackstaining".
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