White Makeup Artist Transforms Into Black Woman, Sparks Outrage

Akin shocked the world by darkening her skin to look black. She wore a headscarf and made facial scars. She posted a YouTube how-to video with an Instagram photo of the look. The post gained attention quickly.Akin shocked the world.She darkened her skin to look black. She turned into a different race. She wore a headscarf and made scars on her face. Akin posted a YouTube how-to video showing the look and an Instagram photo.

Akin tagged her Instagram photos with #blackwoman and #sadmakeup. The tag #slave escalated the issue, prompting many questions: "How is this ever okay?"

Social media users across all platforms reacted to the photo, tutorial, and hashtags. Akin went viral, but not as she planned. Initially, Akin did not grasp the problem and defended herself by saying.The look was for a movie.The Internet Showed No Mercy On Percem

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As resentment grew, she shut down her accounts. She apologized, stating, "We are not living in America or Africa, so finding any black model is so difficult in here. I have never think that this is racist while I am doing this. I just try to see pure beauty behind the pain who have it," she later told.Buzzfeed.

Black face is never okay, smh, and the hashtag #slave.#slaveis just blatant disrespect and ignorance.pic.twitter.com/xGQNxRiRvW

Zeba Blay, a Huffington Post writer, spoke on her blog.to say ignorance is no excuse regarding blackface.Ignorance is no excuse for blackface. Nearly every corner of the internet now knows blackface is bad. The information exists on Facebook timelines and Twitter feeds. Anyone choosing blackface this Halloween shows willful ignorance.

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Akin brought her social media accounts back online.after about two weeks of silence.Akin's apology remains, in Turkish and English. The offensive picture was deleted, and the surrounding discussion seems to have stopped. Blackface and cultural appropriation on social media remain a problem.

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Percem AkinAkin posts makeup work on social media. She puts tutorials on YouTube and shows finished products on Instagram. She has a few thousand followers but was not well known until September 2017, when she posted an image that shocked people globally.

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Blackface grew from a derogatory stereotype of Africans in Europe and the Americas. White entertainers used dark paint on their faces, performing as people they viewed as lesser beings. This act ridicules and lampoons; it remains, and always will be, a form of racism.stereotypeWhite entertainers used dark paint on their faces to perform as Africans in Europe and the Americas. This action ridiculed and lampooned them. It remains, and always will be, a form of racism.

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Many people post photos of themselves inblackfaceSome people posting blackface do not see themselves as racist. Some find it funny; others see it as ironic. But they treat it as something other than what it is because they lack or refuse to know the history. Using racially-themed costumes for fun suggests white privilege. The history of oppression behind it remains unknown or is ignored.

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Every Halloween, someone appears as a different race or culture. This is a problem. Today, it is hard to claim ignorance about wearing a costume from another culture. Still, people wear offensive Halloween costumes and act like they are joking or claiming ignorance. Blackface and cultural appropriation are not funny or acceptable.offensive Halloween costumes, and feign ignorance or claim they were making a joke. There is nothing funny or acceptable about blackface or cultural appropriation.

Percem Akin is not the first person publicly shamed on social media. One of the most infamous people who lost jobs because of social media is Justine Sacco, the former global head of communications for media firm IAC. In 2013, Sacco tweeted, "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" She sent this tweet while boarding a flight to South Africa from London. By the time she landed, the Internet was out for blood. IAC fired Sacco almost immediately.people who lost their jobs because of social mediaJustine Sacco, the former global head of communications for media firm IAC. In 2013, Sacco tweeted, "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" She sent the tweet just as she was boarding a flight to South Africa from London and, by the time she landed, the Internet was out for blood. IAC fired Sacco almost immediately.