I don't find it racist to make yourself look like of another race

Unless someone is masquerading themselves to look like another race in order to actually mock the race the person is masquerading as, I don't understand why would it be wrong to experiment and see how things would be if you would look like something else.

It's acceptable to make yourself look like the opposite gender by applying makeup, so why is it not acceptable to experiment looking like another race?

And I'm not talking about masquerading with stereotypical and rather cartoon-like facial features.
I'm talking about something that rather looks realistic. Something that really makes you look like as if your race has suddenly been changed or something.

Heck, I wouldn't mind it if someone who isn't of the same race as me would apply realistic makeup to themselves in order to look like as if they're of the same race like me.

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  • Holzman_67

    People’s insecurities derived from prejudice, I would say

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  • Tommythecaty

    I suppose it’s not very racist technically because that would mean you like that race rather than hate them.

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  • McSorley

    Yeah, the inordinately high level of butthurt is a little ridiculous. Being offended is trendy, these days. God, I hate the word "trendy".

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  • EnglishLad

    I'm with you on this one. For the record, no-one outside of the USA believes cultural appropriation is a thing.

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  • SkullsNRoses

    The argument against it is that a white person can make themself look like a person of colour when they want to embrace the look, but then take off the makeup and wig to avoid racism.

    People of colour who have been called racist things/ beaten/ discrimated against for looking the way they do get offended when they see a white person praised for looking like them when they haven’t dealt with the struggle of growing up as that race.

    In terms of non-white people deliberately looking like another race I haven’t seen many examples. The only one I can think of is Xihan Nishi (formally named Max), a Brazilian man who in 2017 underwent surgery to give him monolided eyes. He also received mockery and complaints of “seeing being Asian as a costume”, but as he has pale skin and blue eyes one could argue he’s almost white.

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    • KholatKhult

      This shouldn’t have the thumbs-downs that it does.

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    • JellyBeanBandit

      That's a great point, I never thought of it like that. Still though, I do have to say that it's not that person's fault for all the racism black people have gotten, so I don't think they should be called racist for doing it (and socially ruined in some cases). Still though, maybe it is in poor taste alright.

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  • RoseIsabella

    There's a lowrider culture in Japan were they dress up like cholas, and cholas.

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    👳‍♂️

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    • RoseIsabella

      Are you a Sikh?

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        oh yes am sir, only for pretend sir, I say this while shaking head side to side sir.

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        • RoseIsabella

          The Indian head bobble I presume.

          https://youtu.be/iEZ-Ltyf7UU

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            yep

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  • Mammal-lover

    See heres the thing, I am very interested in korean culture. It fascinates me. However when non koreans start dressing as them constantly using Korean when its frankly not nessicary stuff like that is well its offensive as fuck. They dont take kindly to it. However should you move there and become one with the people it may be a bit diffrent. But when your not one with someone it just makes you look like a giant ass and people don't like giant asses

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