blackfishing

The social media trend of blackfishing is disturbing and unquestionably racist

Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer On November 6, a Twitter user named Wanna created a thread which showcased a number of white women partaking in the racially insensitive phenomenon of blackfishing. The act, named after the term catfishing, is the practice of white women using makeup to appear black or biracial, with the incentive of garnering online followers by appearing more “exotic”.   “Can we start a thread and post all of the white girls cosplaying as black women on Instagram?” Wanna wrote. “Let’s air them out because this is ALARMING.” Following this tweet were posts from herself and…

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