A white writer wore blackface… so he could sell a book about race???

[@reynbowarc]

why didnt he analyze canadian racism??? there is 100% racism in canada, there are just less conversations on it

[@withcindy]

he shouldve taken a look at his prime minister

[@valerielevasseur8674]

I'd say it's discussed quite a bit, especially where I live, but he'd still have found he has fewer valuable things to say than Indigenous and other racialized authors and activists. But due to the space American discourse takes up (remember Trudeau the Elder's elephant analogy), there's an unfortunate tendency for people to clutch their pearls over American racism while voting against Indigenous rights and MMIWG. That, plus maybe part of him didn't want anyone he knew to run into him in blackface, but even that wasn't a big enough clue.

[@Claudiaclic]

Yeah canadian are racist too but they do it behind peoples back (most of the time). When i go to the USA i get surprised at how people are just outright racist and vocal about it 💀 (not saying that being racist in private is ok)

[@oceanfs7296]

@@withcindy probably used him as reference

[@allyli1718]

In fact Canadians have their own history of blackface minstrelsy imported from America. It cannot be understated how HUGELY popular that form of entertainment was in Canada. Like this guy was so wrong on so many levels

[@veryreallytired6830]

If I had a nickel every time an author in the first half of 2024 pretended to be a different race I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice right

[@withcindy]

u will get 3 nickels by the time i post my next video

[@Nikki_bread]

@@withcindy Thats enough nickels!!!!! ☹

[@mina352]

@@withcindy I was just wondering if you heard of the new writer racefaking LOL

[@bibicayman1790]

A lot of these people don't care because all publicity is good publicity to them. It doesn't matter why they're being talked about as long as they're being talked about. Rage bait is a real thing and a lot of people are pathetic enough to use that to get attention.

[@LizzieMK13]

​@@withcindyNAHHHH STOP THE COUNT 😭😭

[@simplybet8104]

He really refused to listen to black people, and then complained about people not listening to him

[@withcindy]

YUUUUUUUPPP

[@devilsheephi]

Full level caucacity going on

[@alexv3372]

“The caucacity of this bitch “ -Snapcube

[@Taylor-oq3gf]

according to his instagram he's currently treating his time in palestine and israel as though its a quirky field trip and not like there's a genocide happening there.

[@alexv3372]

The audacity

[@thomasakagi7545]

Look on the bright side: if he only talked to two black people, then only two black people had to suffer through the experience of talking to him.

[@withcindy]

phew!!

[@nanananananananana00]

silver linings 😂

[@blainehancock]

What if they were 2 other white people in black face writing books

[@codalong]

at least they can start a support group

[@pseudoeternity5202]

The guy legit IMMEDIATELY got the response "that's racist" from Google WITHOUT EVEN ASKING and still didn't stop!! 😭

[@justsomerandompersononthei1773]

"I'm sure the I would have been beyond salvage in the author's mind" yeah? have you devoted a single thought as to why that might be the case? no? ok!!!!!

[@animeotaku307]

Him not stopping and rethinking his plan when he found those wiki articles really gives me “this sign won’t stop me because I can’t read” vibes. Which a journalist shouldn’t give.

[@withcindy]

an illiterate person would have better journalism skills than this guy

[@Rowan_d]

Articles like this make me wish I was illiterate

[@khinojosable]

Legit people didn't stop to give him a ride because they were too busy wondering, like, "Why is that man in blackface trying to hitchhike?"

[@withcindy]

and in the sUMMER?? his makeup aint gonna melt?

[@cbrewitt]

I can't find a picture of him in blackface, but given how half-assed his other research was I can't imagine it didn't look horrible.

[@Dzaeli]

with the party city wig probably falling off too

[@vcutler4735]

100% I think noone stopped to pick him up not because they thought he was black but because his shitty melted makeup probs made him look like he had been rolling around in mud/sewage and they likely rightly clocked he was unhinged. Also also who even picks up hitchhikers in 2024??

[@likeatempestinateacup]

I literally shouted that out loud at my tv!

[@HungryEyes-sl3mu]

$20 this dude has no Black friends. $1000 no one Black was fooled

[@withcindy]

im convinced he has no POC friends at all

[@Wintermute01001]

He works for the Daily Caller, so that's definitely true now that Candace Owens is feuding with Ben Shapiro.

[@nancyjay790]

​@@Wintermute01001I thought Candace Owens had been fired. I mean, the feud probably is also ongoing, but sometimes something like getting fired kinda goes beyond just a feud or spat.

[@maddieb.4282]

@@nancyjay790to be honest when you produce nothing of value and your only “useful” contribution is being a social media personality and talking head, pretty much everything they do is in the realm of a feud or spat

[@otakulys]

I'm willing to bet most people in general didn't fall for it. I mean, if I saw a white guy very obviously dressed in black face on the side of the road, I wouldn't give him a ride either.

[@plvmenace]

I was already dumbfounded by the blackface itself but the fact that he thought hitchhiking for three weeks would somehow make him more of an expert on racism than black people themselves is fucking insane.

[@withcindy]

i'd rather him just admit he wanted to do blackface than pretend it was for any research

[@moustik31]

Which was his 1st mistake anyway. Do Black people (TM) even hitchhike?! Both respectability politics AND a sense of self-preservation would probably stop most of us. I wasnt raised/socialised to expect being safe among literal strangers in a relatively deserted place. Edit: Does he even realise, that when most of us go missing, NOBODY cares?! The more I think about this and the less sense it all makes.

[@SpecialBlanket]

@@moustik31tbh I've never met any black ppl while hitchhiking and I did it cross country.

[@ghostchick5275]

Why didn't he talk about anti-black racism in Canada? As a black Canadian, I can tell you there is plenty here too.

[@withcindy]

prob cuz he doesnt believe it exists

[@wanderingspark]

Considering how scared he was of the black cashier at CVS, he's probably never had a real conversation with a black Canadian.

[@carolineholland5841]

He’s not some liberal who made a horrible mistake but meant well or something like that. From all the excerpts I’ve heard from his book, he is absolutely a conservative grifter who just wanted to try prove that Black people are actually just crying victim. He doesn’t believe that racism is still a real issue in America.

[@ewarrior9776]

The first time I was called the n word was on City Island, Toronto, Ontario. I was 8 years old

[@user-mh7db7ei1s]

Because for whatever reason, white Canadians are deluded into thinking that only Americans are anti-black.

[@AllTheHappySquirrels]

This guy: how can I make racism about me, a white guy? 🤔 😱

[@withcindy]

but what about ME

[@eneyavorodecky]

Literally EVERY white person makes racism about them.

[@Valeria-sx7uv]

He could have tried to work in Japan or South Korea...

[@sotokin]

that guy: 💡😮 by doing it!

[@arol1644]

unrelated, but this sounds like a quote from bojack horseman lol

[@Sofianunes12]

At this point Yellowface by R.F Kuang is becoming a non-fiction book series

[@awkwardhandmovements]

Exactly. They see it as a how to manual at this point. These people are unhinged lol

[@bushrarizvi2237]

The literally took it as a manual😂

[@robinmitchells]

Especially since Cindy said in other comments there’s apparently an author who did yellowface

[@agutierrez4328]

My brother read and loved Yellowface so I send all these things to him lol

[@Yuunarichu]

@@robinmitchells Someone with the initials "KC" who named themselves "Kim Chi" ?????????????????????????

[@frankundercoverdragon6288]

Obsessed with a journalist refusing to interview any Black people yet thinking wikihow is a reliable source

[@withcindy]

and not even bothering to read wikihow

[@TheNumnutRandomness]

Continuing the proud tradition of "vibes-based" research

[@Cdr2002]

But like, not treating it as a valid source when it contradicts what he’s already decided he wants to do

[@Black-crow2s]

The fact that Wikihow literally showed „how to tell if you are racist“ and he didn’t even stop and think about why he shouldn’t do it for a second 😂

[@Hmmmmidunno]

But he was concerned with writing about racism 🤓

[@chaewonsroses]

bro didn’t take the hint

[@BE-ew2pt]

I was so confused wondering why he didn't just ask a Black friend to help him with this dumb hitchhiking experience... then realized he probably doesn't know any Black people irl.

[@withcindy]

ding ding ding

[@unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083]

Yeah, if he had black friends, they might be able to cut out the entire experience of having to wear black face.

[@lizzie1072]

I should buy white face paint and a blonde wig and give myself privilege since clearly that’s all I need 💀

[@withcindy]

go for it!! fulfill ur dreams!!

[@lizzie1072]

@@withcindy I’ll be sure to write an article about the white experience and credit your discussion as inspiration 😂

[@guardianofthegalaxy2051]

Not the reverse racism 💀 Bye! Lol Edit: babes this is clearly a joke 😭

[@jojol.2630]

White Chicks was a documentary

[@moonie6368]

BAHAHAHAHA fr

[@mx.raleigh]

My immediate thought upon reading how he conducted his Experiment was "are you sure the reason you were only picked up for one ride wasn't because drivers didn't want to pick up a rando in obvious blackface..."

[@withcindy]

another reason why this "experiment" is faulty at best

[@cloroker2058]

My thoughts exactly...

[@RosaHernandez-uw2ul]

I just commented something similar because I really don't understand how anyone could think that Blackface ever looks realistic. Unless you have prosthetics and the best makeup team Hollywood has to offer, it's going to be obvious.

[@kelleyeasterling]

Imagine mistaking him for being black at a distance and then once he's in your car you realize he's just in blackface. I bet that driver was ready to die and be the next true crime story 😮

[@KateLeibfried]

Exactly this! Not to mention, who picks up hitchhikers in 2024 anyway??

[@im.radical.edward]

He was so enthusiastic about describing the makeup lol instead of doing shitty journalism he should have thrown his passion into drag race

[@altothealtoiest1682]

Yeah I was like... "you do realize this makes it sound like you just REALLY wanted to do blackface, right?"

[@CAMI9023]

Omg Sharon Needles's drag daugther

[@frogurtcremebrulee5252]

@@CAMI9023THIS SENT ME

[@MegaMonsterhighrocks]

Him thinking he had to leave Canada to look at racism is wild. How many levels can you be out of touch in ? This man endeavors to discover them all.

[@FrostCHNOS]

Honestly, Canada has a less publicized history of racism, so a lot of people up here seem to forget that yes, racism is very much a thing in Canada, and it needs to be addressed. That's a big part of how we get guys like this.

[@withcindy]

Makes sense!!

[@FrostCHNOS]

OH HES FROM MONTREAL, THAT EXPLAINS EVEN MORE

[@mallarielove]

he’s from quebec too? even worse lmao. i’m indigenous and i have experienced racism all my life in canada. dude probably thinks it’s not a thing here when it is

[@genericname2747]

@@mallarielove Quebec is so bad, which is a shame because it's so beautiful.

[@erobin93]

Yeah it’s bad in Quebec. Actors were still doing blackface on mainstream TV there as recently as 2013.

[@annabelleslator6441]

The way he’s so proud of himself for choosing the ‘right’ products for his plan is like he’s about to drop an old school youtube makeup tutorial MY GOD

[@withcindy]

new genre of "get ready with me" unlocked

[@annabelleslator6441]

@@withcindy GRWM to commit a hate crime * not clickbait * * emotional *

[@fionacoin5329]

​@@annabelleslator6441😂 it's giving get ready with me to get cancelled

[@noga9895]

It's so Disorientation coded, honestly

[@jackofhearts5542]

He found no diy blackface articles so he decided to do his own diy blackface article. That's all this is, and it makes it more harmful because he's giving tips to other people who might want to do blackface on how they can do it or get away with it (even if it won't work, because blackface is always disgustingly obvious and everyone can tell that you're doing it as no amount of foundation or eyebrow tint is going to erase your white features)

[@KH-zr6pt]

Did he consider that he got less rides because people didn't want to pick up a guy in blackface??

[@dochyde493]

"No, honey, don't stop the car. He's in blackface. I'm not letting a Dutch in our car."

[@prettyevil6662000]

This is 100% why people wanted to see the pics. If he looked like a costume store ripoff with spotty brown makeup, which is what it sounded like he'd look like with what he bought, no wonder everyone was avoiding him!

[@mikomiko.]

Is 2024 the year of racist authors,, what the hell

[@withcindy]

yes it is bc today i got yellowface news

[@PaperLoser-gv4wb]

White Authors can’t write without targeting or offending or doing something racist towards POC leave us alone ☠️

[@mikomiko.]

@@withcindy NO FUCKING WAYY we got freydis with brownface, this guy with blackface and now THAT 😭 the most unholy of trinities

[@PaperLoser-gv4wb]

White authors can’t do anything without offending or doing something racist towards POC. Leave us alone ☠️

[@Sjaddix]

We are in full white backlash mode in the West right now

[@alisdraws]

Why do these people continuously think racism is just discrimination in public. He didn't have to apply for a loan, he didn't go to a worse public school because of lack of budget allocated to black neighborhoods. He never had relatives imprisoned for bogus drug possession charges. He didn't have to deal with spacial segregation in cities and redlining. Gerrymandering done specifically to get his vote to matter less. What does he think racism is

[@pkbutter]

I apologize to rf kuang for calling yellowface pretentious and mid because at this point im willing to admit she’s the oracle of Delphi

[@withcindy]

why cant she be both!

[@finn7983]

WHY IS THIS A PATTERN HOW ARE THIS MANY INSANE PEOPLE

[@withcindy]

unfortunately i have heard news today about another writer exposed for attempting yellowface while pitching her book. at this point im like is making ANOTHER video just redundant lol

[@verdurite]

systematic racism has caused many *many* people to be bad at just.... treating others with a different skin color like people

[@fionacoin5329]

​@@withcindy never! It's never redundant! I truly appreciate you calling them out and shining light on their tom foolery. I'm so tired of the amount of times ego driven, delusional mayosapiens pull stuff like this and no one blinks. We need more content creators like you. 🙏

[@Urmumlel7025]

Very simple. White nihilism. People who are do this are white Americans and Canadians who have no real cultural identity because of capitalism, imperialism, and materialism. So, instead of creating culture or connecting back to their roots in Northwest Asia(Europe) they either curl up into a ball and die or steal from other cultures.

[@Urmumlel7025]

Two words. White nihilism. It's when palm colored people SPECIFICALLY from America and Canada feel they have no cultural identity that isn't associated with capitalism, imperialism, consumerism, and materialism. So, instead of creating their own positive cultural values or reconnecting back to their Europe heritage(s), they steal. Note: not all palm colored Americans like are like this, especially when looking at Appalachian and Accadian(Cajun) people.

[@AJ-The-Bumblebee]

White author: "I am uncomfortable when things are not about me."

[@withcindy]

"but what about ME in this discourse"

[@unavezms8167]

I am neither black nor american and his experiment from the premise alone sounds disrespectful. Why couldn't he just talk to black people about their experiences?

[@valolafson6035]

More work, I'm guessing.

[@saxgirl93]

i am black and american and you are correct that it's very disrespectful. tbh i feel like even if he tried black people would be able to sense how fuckin weird he was. sometimes you can just tell 😭

[@f.a.s.1746]

dont worry, he is also neither black nor american lol

[@thesyrupdude]

also if he wanted to do his hitchhiker experiment why not get a black and white friend to do it? but that would also mean he would have to have a black friend

[@yasmineh.1333]

He's Canadian. Which, as a non white Canadian, suddenly makes the whole situation have a lot more sense.

[@noelleanderko1292]

Him calling actual research about the black American experience “boring” while publishing a “book” about his “black face experience” is SO OUT OF POCKET

[@gggthsb]

not only boring but 'biased because of the researchers morals' smh

[@KatAdVictoriam]

As a Canadian "journalist" there are a whole lot of indigenous people on his home turf that he could have written about to bring their culture and life experiences and struggles to light. Canada isn't lacking in racism either. No he thought he was brilliant and somehow qualified to cover US black experiences without speaking to any. He needs to cut out calling himself a journalist. The ego and ignorance on this guy is something.

[@withcindy]

thank u!!

[@mimisezlol]

Doesn't canada also have racism against black Canadians?

[@KatAdVictoriam]

@@mimisezlol That's what I meant by saying Canada isn't lacking in racism. That is in reference to all BIPOC Canadians

[@MiniM69]

Y’all are expecting him to be a better person by focusing on Canada. He’d probably still do just black or brown face and tried to hang out with First Nations people.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

This entire story feels like some sort of satirical mockumentary to make fun of these types of people. But no, it's actually real.

[@tapiocababy1701]

It does feel like a skit

[@withcindy]

i wish he were clever enough to pull off good satire

[@improvetheword9691]

There actually is a movie about blackface from the 80s and that satire actually centers black people...I swear Jada Pinkett is in it??

[@pkbutter]

This feels like an It’s Always Sunny episode

[@GayDracula_]

​​​​@@improvetheword9691 It's actually from the 2000s, and it's called "Bamboozled" ! And though it utilizes that imagery it predominantly focuses on a more conceptual Blackface in the way that media conglomerates utilize black culture and bodies to produce faux "for the culture" media. It also critiques the intersection of class and race. Showing how many upper class black individuals utilize poor members of our community to uphold their status by any means necessary. Even though whatever privilege money gives will never validate blackness in the eyes of non black audiences.

[@forthelowpriceof4.99]

He doesn’t even know what black people LOOK LIKE. A white man with dark makeup still looks white. Black people have different noses, larger and wider lips... and he was out here as No-Lip Lizzie and really thought people would believe him. Embarassing

[@graceperez8759]

I've read Black like Me the book that cindy mentions years ago and since had forgotten what the og guy looks like. And hun, that's just a white man with paint/oil on his face, it's so bad

[@forthelowpriceof4.99]

​@@graceperez8759just searched it up and he looks terrifying. Literally just a white man 6 shades darker. It's wierd as hell, but like if you want to do "journalistic blackface" put in SOME effort 😂

[@froggyringu]

Yeah. This is what I thought as well when Cindy read about him just getting makeup and a wig. He must never have met a black person before.

[@averysspookshowspectacular6205]

​@@graceperez8759 Yeah, but white people were way easier to fool back then.

[@BreezeAntix0922]

No lip Lizzie is quite hilarious 😆

[@ndawn90]

If you want to know what it's like to be both black and white in America, you could ask mixed-race black people like me. When I'm in my home state of Utah, around the white side of my family, I am black. When I travel to visit my black side of the family in the South, I'm suddenly very white. I'm suddenly deeply aware of how detached I am from my a huge piece of my cultural heritage, and yet I get the looks and judgemental treatment at home where I'm almost always the only black person in the entire building. The only difference is that I don't get to just take off my skin at the end of the day and slip back into anonymity...

[@fushiforever]

This was EXACTLY my thought. It's the ~broad~ point of view he thinks is missing in scholarship (lol).

[@altothealtoiest1682]

Well said!

[@Karosheus]

That's a good point. He honestly *could* have written a book on the fact that mixed-race people (specifically half white ones) are often kicked out of both sides. You aren't (insert poc half) enough, but you'll never truly be 'white'.

[@bananawitchcraft]

My mother is biracial black/white and has a very similar experience. I'm 4 races, it's a little bit of a different dynamic from being biracial. But I think most mixed people struggle with some sense of rootlessness and identity issues

[@VvJupitervV]

this is precisely why the quote about his “barometer” being better than anyone else’s doesn’t make any sense 😵‍💫 what about mixed race ppl? what about ppl who choose to pass as white???

[@8polyglot]

A Canadian refusing to examine Canadian racism while pointing the finger at America. Gasp.

[@blueskylark9965]

Lmao I lived in Canada for four years and while I loved it and enjoyed it thoroughly. However if I had a nickel for every time somebody had the worst take about America I’d be a very wealthy man

[@8polyglot]

@@blueskylark9965 Yeah I worked abroad in a 3rd country with a lot of Canadian coworkers. The Quebec mosque shooting happened and I said to one of them I'm so sorry dude, you have my support. I kid you not his immediate response was "Well, there's a lot worse stuff that happens in America all the time."

[@rileyovertherainebow]

this guy really said "i couldn't find any resources on how to do blackface because the only results were about how it was racist :/" as if it was a little speed bump on his journey and not literally the entire reason he SHOULDN'T be doing it to begin with. and decides to write about race issues anyway... sir where is your reading comprehension 😭

[@wyterabitt2149]

It's insane that people think it's racist, that itself is an insult to what blackface truly was and shows how all nuance and intelligence has been lost within the topic. Dressing up as a black character is not racist, neither is looking like a black person through makeup. Blackface was a specific type of performance done by people, to make your face black and play a specific type of highly negatively stereotypical black person. It is a very specific thing, it does not mean you can't put black makeup on to play a black person.

[@SaigesArstgo1031]

@@wyterabitt2149bro really defending Blackface

[@not_ever]

@@wyterabitt2149 "Blackface was a specific type of performance done by people, to make your face black and play a specific type of highly negatively stereotypical black person". When Laurence Olivier played Othello in blackface, it wasn't to negatively stereotype black men because Othello is not a stereotype, it was just a white guy stealing a job from a black man. So no, blackface is not just the black minstrel show character.

[@genericname2747]

@@wyterabitt2149 So the good news is you're allowed to do blackface in public. You'll probably get beat up but legally, there's nothing stopping you from living your blackface dreams.

[@xoxolovez]

​@@wyterabitt2149 No, don't pretend to be another race, period, homie, wtf. The fuck do you mean they can PLAY a black person? 😭

[@nadinecreary9938]

When I read him doing blackface while playing Kanye in the background, I started to wonder if he was being serious😭

[@PaperLoser-gv4wb]

This could all be satire, but clearly he was being stupid by his racist decisions

[@withcindy]

he's prob trolling but he's still racist regardless

[@Vangluss]

I hope it was power lmao

[@moustik31]

The answer is no! 😂

[@iphoneasmr4610]

I hope it's satire...he'd still be a dumbass and a douchebag, but at least a shitty, dickish, edgelord dumbass douchebag is better than a white-saviour, diminishing, genuinely racist dumbass douchebag

[@LoraK31]

As a journalist, this story hurts my soul because literally the whole point of journalism is to share OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES. Like, how can you claim this is journalistic and not have any named interview sources?! This is just a twisted vanity project

[@withcindy]

Emphasis on vanity!!

[@wyterabitt2149]

As a journalist, you have never heard of investigative journalism? Interesting.

[@chenmae9747]

Um​@@wyterabitt2149

[@Womynxx]

@@wyterabitt2149doesn’t investigative journalism require at least some research though? You can’t just paint yourself, put on a wig, and pull a story out of your butt and expect people to listen.

[@Evelyn_Okay]

At this point, it feels like we're uncovering a secret reality tv show called "What Do White Liberals Think They Can Get Away With?!"

[@fionacoin5329]

Right? The tv show no one asked for and we all hope gets cancelled in the first season. 😩

[@withcindy]

the answer is too much

[@ilaydaakmehmet7707]

This man is NOT a liberal. The literal definition of liberal is "Unbigoted" and this sure as hell doesn't fit.

[@thatsembarrassing7315]

@@ilaydaakmehmet7707 lol lmao omg lmao lol

[@Cube-xm6vt]

@@ilaydaakmehmet7707 Nah libs will side with fascists as soon as the workers get too feisty

[@renfieldmenfieldrenfield16]

my jaw DROPPED when he said ppl writing about their actual experiences was “boring”?????? like it just exemplifies his motivations

[@damaged.collateral]

as a black person.. imagine how tired we are

[@damaged.collateral]

like at this point i can’t help but laugh or just completely tune it out because this is so ridiculous what 😭😭

[@withcindy]

I support u keeping ur peace

[@dadadada6147]

4:41 Imagine googling anything and then an article popping up with the title “Am I a racist?” and still not having a single doubt or whatsoever 😭😭😭 This is the definition of Caucadity!

[@withcindy]

he saw it and thought "hmm, not relevant to me, lets keep searching"

[@lenapawlek7295]

Right i literally dont understand 😭😭😭

[@harisbisevac4578]

No, sorry this sounds like a skit. I can't believe the author lacks this much awareness

[@Rowan_d]

"That sign can't stop me. I can't read."

[@bluecannibaleyes]

Imagine thinking that the highly curated and biased algorithm of a multi-billion dollar company passive aggressively attempting to shame you somehow makes the company correct. LOL

[@hikio123]

This journalist gives out the same vibes as this one guy at a place I used to work at that said he understood sexism best because he played a female character once in a MMO.

[@withcindy]

the delusion

[@thirdwheel9938]

Huh?? Where are these hooligans coming from?😭

[@samantharose1001]

tbh the sheer number of ellipses in his writing alone already disqualifies his writing as credible journalism and then you add the self-absorption and racism

[@withcindy]

exactly like dude pick a struggle

[@hannnnahhahhahha]

@@withcindylmfaoooo

[@spookysugar]

He's giving "I'm quirky like that xD" vibes

[@randompromises1038]

Whew boy I'm buckling in for this one. Also, I gotta say, as a Black woman who's been following you for about three years now, it makes me really happy that you as an Asian woman consistently use your platform to bring issues that we face. You never talk down to us, and you're always so respectful when it comes to talking about us, and I'm genuinely so appreciative of it.

[@withcindy]

thanks so much! i appreciate the comment, even tho it should be bare minimum for ppl to do that!!

[@MasoTrumoi]

The second I heard the concept I was like "oh he's gonna claim there isn't really racism anymore, isn't he?"

[@withcindy]

Yupppp

[@bippitybopittydude]

Ok, he said that he got fewer rides when he was in blackface, maybe it was because people didn’t want someone in blackface in their car

[@withcindy]

The makeup would smear all over their seats

[@kaymills696]

As a black woman, I’d assume he’s a racist guy wanting to disguise his identity and murder me lol

[@genericname2747]

Right?? I'd say its a good thing people don't want to pick up a man in blackface

[@randomspider725]

Hearing about this man was a constant cycle of “yikes, it can’t get worse than that”, shortly followed by “IT GOT WORSE”.

[@withcindy]

he just kept going lower and lower

[@ratumakae]

This brand of racist book drama is becoming it's own genre, i should collect them like Pokémon atp

[@withcindy]

And it happened again today with yellow face ... I can't keep up

[@Just_August]

gotta catch em all gotta catch em allll racist authors😭im tiredd

[@ratumakae]

@@withcindy can't keep count anymore

[@RalucaAriadna]

I'm Canadian. Half Romanian Half Japanese. And we DEFINITELY have racism in Canada, both systemically and historically. This guy's a joke

[@avocado3-in-182]

15:18 it’s ironic that he argued people are out of touch, when he himself is not aware that racism is not limited in the US. Canada and other countries have their own share of racism too.

[@PaperLoser-gv4wb]

Man this Canadian man just sounds like a spy but at a park. Bros literally sounds like he’s hiding behind bushes with a wig, contacts, and blackface 😭

[@withcindy]

meanwhile nobody blinked an eye or even thought about his existence

[@helpyourselfimbusy5747]

He could’ve hired a professional actor, talked to POC, or I don’t know… thought for five seconds about what POCs have told him in the past. Also, watch his blackface be super obvious and that’s why no one picked him up 😆

[@withcindy]

if he rly wanted to do the experiment that badly yea he rly could have hired a black person to do it... o wait but he has never talked to any BIPOC ever in his life

[@helpyourselfimbusy5747]

@@withcindy I would’ve at least done a co-author credit. If you’re going to borrow someone’s else’s experiences, at least credit them. Seriously does sound like he’s never interacted with anyone of color let alone someone in the community he’s actually trying to white knight. 😆

[@wendyheatherwood]

Yeah, if he really wanted to do the experiment, he could hire or collaborate with a black guy, buy two copies of the exact same outfit, two small discreet recording devices to record and compare experiences and take turns and take turns at different locations. Day 1, white guy is at location A and black guy is at location B. Day 2, swap locations. Repeat at multiple locations. I still don't know how worthwhile the experiment would be, but it would be better than standing at the side of the road in what he (but possibly no other human on the planet) is convinced doesn't look like makeup from a poorly aged 1970s sketch show.

[@MMMNemesis]

This could've been an interesting book if they were two writers that cooperated, but maybe he doesn't have any black writer friends.

[@bailey3645]

I just read Black Like Me a couple months ago and in the afterward he wrote in the 70s even Griffin was uncertain if his experiment was worth it. He talked a lot about how uncomfortable it made him that white local leaders would go to him for his expertise on the Black experience rather than Black people from that locality. He didn't think white audiences got what he intended from the book. I think Griffin had good intentions, especially when you read about his background and motivations for writing his book, but that type of experiment had a time and place that is no longer relevant today

[@withcindy]

thank u for sharing! that just confirms the experiment wasnt worth it... especially since it inspired more people to do blackface

[@bailey3645]

@@withcindytotally. I really liked Black Like Me and think it’s worth reading, but for this loser to have read it (which tbh I doubt he even did) and get “oh I should also do black face” from it shows he completely missed the point Griffin was making

[@hermitized4391]

I thought about Black Like Me as well and was wondering what the aftermath was. Very interesting.

[@crashout_capybara]

i was gonna comment about black like me too.

[@sclub6414]

One of the sadder parts of the background of “Black like me” is that it reached an audience that traditional journalism like interviewing Black people about their experience would not reach. Imagine you’re white and are “very uncomfortable” - but not racist of course - around Black people. You’ve never personally witnessed their experiences so it must be exaggerated surely. Then along comes this white man. He can be trusted. He writes articles in the newspaper. Papers are truthful. What he writes is shocking, but must be the truth, and therefore maybe those Black stories are actually true, and maybe you’ve been unfair? I am not surprised that white leaders would go to him rather than Black leaders for his “expertise”. In the racist world in which they inhabited and upheld, he would be a safe interpreter of the Black experience. Just like his articles and “Black Like Me” would be for the wider white audience.

[@jacobd1984]

I have never once seen an image of someone in blackface and thought, “yeah, I would believe it if I saw this person on the street”, so this idea was fundamentally flawed even without considering ethics.

[@neffrey]

he had no time for the 13 step wikihow article but it was very important that he spends weeks reading about every single time journalistic blackface ever happened

[@JiixBooks]

This also happened in Germany with a white journalist putting on "brown"face posing as a turkish man to write articles on the treatment of guest workers (who usually worked in harsh conditions in the coal mines), he is still cherished here as a pioneer as if he you know couldn'T have just ASKED the bipoc workers themselves. his name is Günter Wallraff

[@withcindy]

... im tired

[@cupcake-td2zk]

1. Ew, 2. Also reminded me of Gottschalk...

[@olivercetus6956]

Hi I get what you were trying to say and I agree with you but Bipoc is used specifically for black and indigenous people of color. Turkish people do not really fit under that label so just using People of color or eastern Mediterranean would have been fine ^^

[@JiixBooks]

@@olivercetus6956 i used the term bc many guest workers were indigenous people of north africa aka the Amazigh such as my grandad. I wasnt specifically referencing only Turkish people here at the end of my sentence with the phrasing since guest workers in germany were from all over, just meant he couldve talked to any of these marginalised workers instead pretending to be one

[@maddieb.4282]

@@olivercetus6956apparently you don’t get what they were trying to say lol. Migrant/guest workers in Europe are often BIPOC

[@sinbient]

It literally sounds like bro is saying that actual black experiences are "boring" to him. Like, he is only going to believe what he specifically goes through and thinks that he alone has the authority over it. That's quite insane and racist.

[@strangeaelurus]

My question is, why didn't the journalists just ask black people about their experiences with racism? I don't think they had to do all that just to write their piece Edit: they could have just kept interviewing black people 😭😭 they did NOT have to do blackface for this

[@withcindy]

its explained later in the video that they decided NOT to out of caucasity lol

[@PaperLoser-gv4wb]

They probably don’t care about black peoples experiences, clearly they don’t by this stupid decision

[@Grey_3438]

That would require them to actually give a sh*t about our experiences 🤡

[@verdurite]

they would actually have to care about our experiences first lol

[@SirChubbyBunny]

I'm 98% sure that came up in a Boy Meets World episode where Mr. Feeney was talking to the class about Black Like Me, to which Corey asked why he just didn't ask black people about their experiences (which leads to Shawn doing something similar, but posing as a woman).

[@CoaxCoup]

my very rich white vegan woman ex boss was RAVING about how much she learned from this book and I literally quit

[@Dojafish]

Girlie your Hair is giving Main Character💅

[@PaperLoser-gv4wb]

Reminds me of that one dude from stranger thing

[@withcindy]

thank u!!

[@spinno3238]

RIGHT ! it looks so good

[@socialistwhore2132]

Joan Jett vibes

[@watashiwamosura]

I was looking for this comment, it looks amazing!

[@Heynowwtf7413]

the full body embarrassment i felt while listening to his article... i had my face in my hands. how tf is he so proud of this? like life is truly easy when one has no brain cells

[@withcindy]

im just embarrassed his writing is so bad

[@rightsarentpolitical]

For real. My jaw was on the floor, my eyes wide, my hand covering my mouth every time his quotes were mentioned. Holy shit. The absolute race to the bottom with this man.

[@emiliefalardeau7581]

He didn't learn from our Prime Minister's experience didn't he

[@withcindy]

surprised he didnt interview the prime minister either

[@jaz_adiotical]

something needs to be done about the canadian conservative freak to american political commentator industrial complex

[@withcindy]

Noooo why is this a thing

[@moethemoon]

it’s an actual plague

[@BlisaBLisa]

this guys gonna start working for the daily wire soon i bet lmao

[@somebodysgottadoit]

i didnt expect for someone in 2024 to write a book with the same prompt as the reality show “black. white.” 💀

[@bishielurfer]

That's what I kept thinking about! I've watched jarvis johnson and Jordan adikas' videos on the show and it was wild to me that that show even got made when it did. I can't believe people are still trying this garbage.

[@HetaClaude]

like u could argue that black. white. is only marginally better by having actual black people involved (albeit, used as props, but were still there nonetheless) and actually tried to have a discussion on racism. this guy was like no.... i can do this better by myself

[@arianabutler]

Why as a society are we so caught up in influencer drama when writers do things like this on a regular Tuesday afternoon

[@withcindy]

forreal but i do wish the writers would change it up instead of the same racist schtick every time

[@chenmae9747]

Because some influencers do racism/groomimg or other bad stuff

[@rubyredmint]

I don't want whatever that guy is on

[@withcindy]

pure ego

[@AllTheHappySquirrels]

With vibes of human garbage.

[@lulucool45]

racist meth....

[@TamilaSushkova]

If I had a nickel for every time there was an author that did blackface and yellowface, I'd have like several nickels...

[@withcindy]

I would make just as bunch as authors do lmao

[@tazzmoodley2033]

He really refused to learn about racism, refused to do good journalism (this literally wasn’t journalism but poor researching and bad writing), and literally ignored how racism towards Black Canadians is also pretty bad and horrendous, Also, obviously, his entire thing was racist

[@amadagoo8805]

Im from Montreal and this one feels personal because my friend/ex roommate used to frequent this guy and she cut him out after he told her the premise of his upcoming book like as a way to impress her? She cut him off and it’s crazy to see this guy going from an inside joke between us to being dog piled by the entire internet. It’s a beautiful thing really

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Moral of the Story: There are so many unwell people in the world and none of us have a lot of time.

[@withcindy]

wild how this is what ppl choose to spend their time doing

[@PosiWritesStories]

“The Caucasity to do this” is so good.

[@withcindy]

the amount of caucasity in this world could fuel the whole planet

[@java_finch]

@@withcindy I wish we would drop using the word "Caucasian" to mean "white", because it's a way more useful and accurate word to refer to the people of Caucasus mountains. (Who might be "white" by American classification, but still face xenophobia and discrimination for their distinct and darker features. And even if they didn't, it still should be their word first and foremost) I know this term is an easy way to sound fancier or funnier (to the point ppl will mention Caucasus mountains just to make a more complex joke about white people), but it's originally coined by a pseudoscientist who designated the white people to be Caucasian bc essentially he thought actual people from the Caucasus were very cool and beautiful (and thus, white europeans like him gotta be related to them). It's based in a dead white guy's fetish, not any science. I don't think carrying this remnant of racist pseudoscience through the modern age is a very good thing, especially when people from that region exist and deserve their name to not be mocked for things random white folks elsewhere did, but there's not enough of a voice to yell over the Americans having their fun using it for random white idiots like the guy this video is about

[@s-e-e-k-i-n-g]

this dude watched Black. White and thought Bruno was onto something

[@manicpixie7024]

How, How hArd IS IT ?? TO JUST *NOT* DO BLACKFACE?! AAA

[@shakirashipslied9721]

You'd think the blackface paint magically gets applied to these people with how they can't stop themselves even when everything around them tells them not to do it.

[@nai5778]

this guy literally wrote the hitchhikers guide to blackface 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@Boohurghhoo]

You did NOTTT😭😭😭 but he really did talking abt nobody's better than him for something like this...okay 😅

[@Womynxx]

💀💀💀

[@persephonestudy]

This case makes me feel lucky for my university. We were always warned to be careful about using old texts. Just because something is academic doesn't mean it can be implemented. It is always important to compare it with other sources and understand the current context. Of course, I didn't think there would be anyone so idiotic as to bring clearly racist proposals into the present day.

[@withcindy]

this dude would never have anything shown in a university anyway, he's not even smart enough lol

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Obligatory reminder to remind Cindy that the hair is simply fabulous. Maintaining is a whole other thing and good luck to you.

[@withcindy]

thank u!! fortunately it's low maintenance, it's just rinsing + putting on curling cream!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@withcindy “The rules of hair care are simple and finite.”

[@killercutie]

AGAIN?! WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET THESE PEOPLE TO STOP?!😭😭😭

[@withcindy]

and more news was posted today about another writer doing yellowface, SIGH

[@killercutie]

@@withcindy What is in the water that these people are consuming that keeps making them do this?!😭😭😭

[@tom4330]

@@killercutie self hate

[@killercutie]

@@tom4330 Honestly, probably. Or a lack of critical thought.

[@tom4330]

@@killercutie they feel shame for the actions of their ancestors, probably.

[@grmgt]

This dude really said "my 3 week anecdotal research is better than thousands of peer reviewed papers" 💀

[@KarasuInugami]

The weird thing is, THEY ALREADY DID A WHOLE REALITY SHOW ABOUT THIS, why did he want to do a part 2 to that

[@bearinyourwalls]

He literally took every chance to avoid learning anything this entire time so he could continue to make it about himself. "Everything and everyone says i shouldn't do it, I know there's a problem, but how can I learn about an experience if it's not about me!!??"

[@nav1go827]

5:03 his pissy ass attitude here is so fucking funny. like “mommmm i dont WANT to eat my vegetables i wanna dress up in blackface NOW!”

[@withcindy]

no sense of self control fr he just couldnt wait to do it

[@Tosin226]

And he's Canadian too. Like there is so much wrong with what he did.

[@myfriendscallmepat]

Unsurprising that he changed the Amazon page since he first published it. He originally called it the most important book on race relations ever written. What a jackass

[@averyeml]

The fact that if someone wanted to, they have enough stories of this happening to make a series called “The Audacity of the Caucasity”

[@100frogsinatrenchcoat]

This man went to write an book about racism and came up with a step-by-step guide😭

[@comicaltuber]

I got grilled on a research proposal assignment on details like “how does your experiment represent x and y” “this is too broad” “how can you be sure your experiment demonstrates a relationship between x and y”. Then I log onto Cindy’s internet and learned you can just publish anything irl 😭😭

[@slsthewriter1299]

Huh?! What?! Gotta be a certain breed of racist if I'm squinting at the screen over the sheer gall. Like. As a child I would judge this. Why is the world burning like a freakin crockpot on fire?

[@withcindy]

truly top notch clownery

[@chrussublah4264]

The uniromci usage of "Blacks" told me everything I need to know 💀 i dont think I've ever met a person who uses "Blacks" that isnt a lil racist 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@nathanisdying2748]

I love how he was so worried that the cashier would suspect him of doing blackface for buying makeup. Like, unless he was frantically looking around and whistling cartoonishly to seem innocent then I'm sure her assumption was just that he's been sent on an errand for a partner/friend/family member or something

[@Lavande42]

As a montrealer I am so sorry for this 😭😭 we have some rampant racists here and its always the weirdest ones that get out of the dungeon

[@Mica-24]

Talk about a SERIOUS white savior complex

[@ka3lstrom]

I just... Every detail of this brought my jaw closer to the floor. His descriptions of his "experiences" all seemed to be framed from "did anyone notice me?" Just when I thought I'd seen the bottom of the cesspool from authors this year.

[@withcindy]

EXACTLY LOL

[@Reetietoo]

I saw his tweet the first time i smoked weed after a t break and literally could not fathom it

[@withcindy]

LMAOOOO i wish that was me

[@Reetietoo]

I thought surely this can’t be real but i don’t get the joke but is someone pranking me specifically cause they know im high lol

[@xessenceofinsanityx]

He gives me the vibes of that guy who accidentally used his female coworker's email and was SHOCKED that clients were treating him differently...which she had been telling him about for ages 🤦‍♀it's like the discrimination doesn't exist until they experience it themselves

[@Leila-bk1oz]

My jaw dropped at the title 💀

[@withcindy]

unfortunately not surprised

[@Dojafish]

This writers really want to one up each other.

[@withcindy]

and the rest of us are tired

[@adityahingne22]

I read the title of this video... and I still got whiplash when you said "what he learned about racism while doing blackface." How are these kinds of writers becoming more audacious?

[@withcindy]

CAUCACIOUS u could say!

[@birdiejett3163]

Right of the bat bro is out here like “man there isn’t really anyone talking about the reality of modern day racism. If only there were someone out there who could speak to it from personal experience!!” Edit: oh god he’s more pretentious than I thought

[@ayangyi]

i love how his search yielded results telling him why blackface was bad, but he chose to completely ignore them. didn't even stop to think that maybe what he was planning to do wasn't such a good idea after all. how that didn't stop him is beyond me

[@withcindy]

it works when ur conducting this whole experiment in bad faith to begin with

[@sbu_englishclub]

So Justin Trudeau finally released a memoir?

[@valolafson6035]

If JT does it, it must be cool. I guess.

[@fionacoin5329]

😂😂😂

[@withcindy]

canada pride!