Is Blackwashing Real?

People on twitter are really out of pocket lol
So an inktober styled hashtag emerged for POC artists, and of course people have to act out. Give it a listen and lemme know what you buns think
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[@Yukibunns]

Thank you bunns for being civilized and giving various perspectives 😤👌

[@zend7295]

the most cursed part is deku blackwashed

[@breadwitch4355]

Draw Impmon! Draw Impmon! Please just god draw Impmon. You can draw Beelzemon or Impmon or if you want add Ai or Maco. Might have to look on the wiki. Thank you. And please consider this. I would love to see this in your style in a speedpaint.

[@mtgamer6432]

Yes ma’am👍

[@overlord-of-strawberry]

Ok simp

[@blaze129]

@@zend7295 i kinda liked seeing him differently since he is (and was supposed to be) a plain looking character. but i do like the original Deku better.

[@Konprise]

I personally don't have a problem with people drawing fictional characters however they want. The real problem lies with people (usually on twitter) redrawing a character claiming they've "fixed them". That's messed up.

[@maddit4790]

Daniella13 R. Omg did you hear that they got hacked

[@justyouraveragecatrafan8049]

Yeah!! It's super problematic when people alter a characters skin tone and claim that's it's "fixing" since that isn't something anyone can "fix"

[@Konprise]

@bunnitsu Yep. Sometime people who talk about races are the racists themselves. I think there's a Morgan Freeman quote about it.

[@lycaptain]

Yep.

[@Lila-hf2rr]

Yes!! Its fully fine to *Headcannon* a character as a certain race but people shouldnt call it fixing.. That just isnt right

[@martawisniewska2210]

something really annoying about black people representation: in every netflix movie there’s this one black dude who’s almost always gay. like bruh, be creative. don’t just squish in those characters to seem more ‘accepting’ and ‘representative’ make them into real people with interesting personality traits, don’t just define them by their race n sexuality

[@Rin_skiii]

Yesss let us be written just like white actorsss I see it in some movies and it’s good but like don’t just make us “sassy” or “ghetto” make us just like everyone else.

[@thedotintheletteri]

True! I really hate it when people just in general define a character around just one aspect of who they are. (Don’t really care when it comes to aesthetic OCs, I have many a character that I just like to draw who don’t really have a personality lol)

[@qs-ii1872]

Nothing wrong with having gay black characters, we need LGBT characters in general. People of color are fairly uncommon in media, we still have the “token black guy” issue regardless of how much improvement there’s been. Unless a show is built from the ground up realistically and with the intent of giving minorities positive representation, the show will always be viewed as “forcing it”. It’s a ridiculous balancing act that shouldn’t exist in 90% of cases. We don’t need throwaway characters, we want heroes who grow and change. The type of character you can look up at and just admire. Smart characters, artist, gay, trans, anything that isn’t bland and overdone. At this point, just about anything you pick is an improvement from the horrors POC grew up watching in the past. But yeah.... I get that some white, cis, and straight people get upset when they see too many people that don’t match them, but they need to shut up and realize that those people exist in the world and need an outlet just as much as you do. Creators shouldn’t feel like smashing together minorities is their only way to keep those bigots happy.

[@panigbrowardcollege]

I wanna see a feminine lesbian, a masculine gay, a black person who isn’t all ghetto and takis, etc.

[@Rotten_mvg]

I understand but here is one of the reasons why there is at least one black guy in netflix. gay guy in black people eye's or in a god worshiping house hold men are raised to be strong and holy but some people in those lives are shamed and seen as "sus" and gay boy" this hurts and most the time there is not a lot of black or colored people that are LGBTQ and yes they need to make them real but still colored people can be gay to ik not every black person is gay people have diff sexual idea's but there need to be more people that are colored and show that not all races are straight

[@pandasayori]

Ngl, as a black artist, when I first heard about Blacktober I was thinking it would be about black artists showing off their projects / black OCs for the month. In my opinion, it's a huge missed opportunity to showcase the black experience using OCs instead of remakes of already existing canon characters.

[@varianmetcalf8220]

Right i was kinda disappointed by it I thought we were going to get fun ocs showing culture and different art styles

[@kermitsuicide999]

That would've been a better idea

[@mostcoolio]

True!! Blacktober would have been a really cool month if it was about that

[@mttex2628]

that would’ve been really cool though

[@zbear199b3]

They do that to

[@Abbie_Lycan]

I remember this one time, I posted a self portrait because I can- So this one person took my art, changed my skin color to a darker shade and made my breast size smaller claiming he "fixed it." Needless to say, my self esteem became nonexistent after that

[@rosemary3029]

How dare they

[@goj1_lag00n]

This is the worst thing about "art fixers". They're literally saying "Why are you so thin and white?! Are you fat-phobic racist!? You must become fat and black!"

[@aseraphim9813]

OOF

[@ducc0287]

Thats nasty, we need to stop fixing art smh. Its like we are going back in time to the renaissance when there was a ‘right and wrong’ to art. There isnt, art could literally be a dot on a page.

[@f.b.lagent1113]

@@goj1_lag00n “how dare you have well placed fats?, I’ll take some fats from those breasts and put them on the bellies and arm flaps but 3-7 times the volume”

[@dollarstoremakeupisokay335]

As a black person, I think blacktober doesn't create true representation. Taking a pre-existing white character and making them black is just fanfiction-esque race-bending that's not really representation because the canon character is still white and their show is going to be with them being white and their toys are going to be of them white. Not black. Spamming around a re-draw of Princess Peach with brown skin and a full afro isn't even helping because what happens when a little black girl sees it and thinks "oh she looks just like me!", Googles her only to find out she's a white blonde? Disappointment. Edit: Some of you down below are missing an integral part of where I'm coming from so Imma just put it here. I'm not saying anything on why Blacktober is good or bad or if we need it or not. I'm just countering one of the main defences some people use in favour of Blacktober being "it's to create representation." Nothing more, nothing less.

[@tikimillie]

@@minabobeina_here298 if its in a book, and theres no preexisting canon appearance for said character, it isnt blackwashing in the first place, just an interpritation filling in some blanks.

[@tikimillie]

Personally think blacktober should focus on spreading around already existing black characters, and bringing more awareness to them instead. I mean isn’t there something about black creators not being able to get anywhere? Maybe seek out black characters from black creators and give them some love instead.

[@danielwilliams3161]

@@minabobeina_here298 festival what do you mean have anyways yeah they might not be a real life person like you were now but they do have ways and they do have a character like for real they decided to create a character with that type of skin colour for a reason not just thought I'd text it twice and you take me to have a race yeah it is not real that the place a living is not real but they did that for a reason for example Nessa you know I mean that I did that for a reason like have you seen all these like old Cartoon shows yeah when it all done for example is in my loving like football and amazing whatever and you'll see somebody's black people you see what they look like sometimes there because they got really big lips and that you know what they was going for and after thing like there's no point and there's a trace and there's a place where you take it too far and yeah so you telling me they don't have no character in their bio it have to be in the bio they know exactly what was planning why did decided to create an that colour so yeah you're wrong

[@danielwilliams3161]

Like the worst thing is even calling it black towbar like really why do we even have a month to celebrate basically all the pain and anguish that was basically developed on us you know I mean you don't see the Jews having a month to represent all cars now you don't see the Chinese about you know the car whatever that things were the war why not you no I mean you don't see you no I mean like why all Nations and nationalities do we as basically the dark is people on the planet have to celebrate a whole month because yeah because someone decided are let's give me something and top all of we still have we still have black Friday you know I mean like what's going on I know you was talking about characters but still it's always me every single day about all these bulshit like what is this and what is the world we live in and you know I mean like it is not right at all something needs to be done in need to be eradicated like Real Talk I really just don't understand

[@itsjustashton7413]

@@tikimillie yeah! Blacktober should focus on properties made by smaller black creators with lesser known properties instead of blackwashing white characters ;;

[@wchicplayz9349]

As a african american artist I love when people take characters and redesign them into different races, weights,genders,etc but the only problems start is when you draw a character and claiming you're fixing them or saying "we need more _____ characters". A) You're not fixing sh*t you can't fix other people's art cause it's theirs B) When we say we want more ____ characters we aren't asking for a sad recolor of princess peach because we don't want leftovers of other characters we want something fresh and new.

[@SpectreBagels]

Agreed

[@eatingshelf6135]

🙌

[@prosperosmoon]

Yeah, I really like it when people take characters and put them in different settings or as different races, it looks so interesting and fun! As a Hispanic, we have no official Disney princess so seeing things like that is so fun and interesting!

[@sorachitheeggo4440]

@@prosperosmoon why want a smelly old Disney princess when you've got the absolute banger called Coco?

[@rinnabinna]

WCHIC PLAYZ ye

[@coalec]

I feel like majority of the anime community forgot that most of the animes and anime characters are Asian.

[@zbear199b3]

Ikr

[@ashleyyu5667]

Your name... ... It’s hilarious

[@out8450]

@AM Because theyre mostly light skinned, NOT WHITE. As an asian, Asia's standards are usually having light skinned nowadays. But there are still lots of brown people in south-east asia but not rly in east asia (Japan, China and especially Korea)

[@ashleyyu5667]

@AM White ppl aren’t the only ppl who can have lighter shades of skin smh

[@ashleyyu5667]

@AM It's anime they can have any hair or eye color the manga writers want them no have. It's not like a human can have powers anyway

[@GreyM900]

As a black artist myself I feel like this doesn’t help. 1. You’re just recreating a pre existing character that will 100% not be black in any future 2. There’s actual black characters that exist but no one acknowledges it 3. Is it suppose to be taking white characters because I’ve seen people doing this to anime and it’s like people forget anime characters aren’t white their skin is just different 4.Theres actual black creators with new fresh ideas but we can’t see them because of this 5. I don’t like when people in the comments saying ITS SO MUCH BETTER OH MY GOD YOU FIXED IT!! No no! Making the character black doesn’t “fix” anything and how is it better?

[@zbear199b3]

I think its fine along as they don't say it's fixed alot of them just want to see how they look if they were like us plus most time we arnt doing it for repsentashon and to show that black is beautiful ) plus when someone changes small things about the character like (hair color hight bust size and gender bend and more ) and it'd fine so this should be to .also people draw there black oc coslpay and post art of already black characters plus it's not erasing there Asian characters because 1 black people do live in Asia but they are hated and sold bleaching products and call then slurs in their languages plus light skin Asians are not a minority in Asia [ a black person/ artist] plus most people can't just make there own show it takes so much work

[@emmaross3451]

I agree, I think ppl should make them blasin and not make the 100% black yk. Bc on tiktok they make amine characters as black and changing their race. And saying they look “so much better” which I think is kinda rude. But the hate comments be lowkey hurting me Bc they be so rude to seeing amine characters as darker skin color

[@Musical_Pigeon]

As a while person, I didn't really know much about other races other than that Strawberry Shortcake looked like me, Orange Blossom had a skin color I'd never seen before, Ginger Snap was the same color as my Hispanic friend, and Frosty Puff was the best because she had blue hair and at that age to me having colored hair was really cool (Also she was a snowy character and I liked that). I don't think I actually met someone who was black until I was like 8, even then I didn't care what color he was he was in my vicinity so he was my friend (also our dad's became friends so he was stuck with me). There is a lot about black hair and culture that I don't know and am too afraid to ask, but at the same time, I assume that some may black people may have the same feelings I do of wanting to know stuff but not wanting to offend someone by asking.

[@GreyM900]

@@Musical_Pigeon Yea sometimes it can be scary to ask, but if you do it in the correct way people shouldn’t get mad! Cause there’s A LOT of things people don’t know, even if you’re apart of the community. I still don’t know a lot

[@rubyaddison5446]

Exactly 💯

[@irene-wv6uj]

Personally, I think there should just be more POC characters. No one wants a sloppy second. Instead of recoloring a character and calling that representation, why can’t we get a fresh, new character instead?

[@lesborashomon8979]

im just asking for one non muslim middle eastern person. please society, just give me that.

[@skittykitty6545]

we can have both yknow! ppl aren’t taking away from future poc characters by doing blacktober haha, they can coexist :)

[@Redheart709]

Oh, I can tell you why. Because people don't care, and will continue not to care about BIPOC characters. It is simply the nature of most people to be more interested in art of series that they already know and are already interested in. Fanart is typically going to be more popular than original OCs and characters. That's just kinda, how it is. On top of that, series that feature BIPOC (in main roles esp) are simply less likely to be popular. Especially popular enough to have fanart that blows up. I consider this more of a way to bring more attention to these artists through representation in other characters. I've found so many great artists and characters through blacktober, that I wouldn't have found otherwise.

[@mawinstallation6626]

EXACTLY!

[@mawinstallation6626]

@@lesborashomon8979you're not alone

[@xxjust_txx9835]

In my opinion as a black woman. I find it wrong. We don’t need to make these already existing characters black. They’re fine the way they are. You don’t see people doing that with other races. We know damn well we would feel offended if someone switched Tianas race. So what makes this ok? We as a community need to push for more representation in media. That’s it. Let’s not change what’s already existing and rebrand it. Instead let’s fight for something of our own. If you want to see a black person in your favorite anime’s then you draw it yourself. Make a NEW character that can represent you. Not changing an already POC character. There are plenty of shows out there that provide black (non stereotypical versions) characters like Michiko to Hatchin, fire force, promised neverland, etc. Let’s try and have more! There’s nothing wrong with wanting to see yourself in your favorite media but IMO this isn’t the way to go. It wouldn’t be right if the roles were reversed so what makes this ok/acceptable. (It would be called racist if it was reversed). I think it’d be nice to see a lot of fanart coming out of blacktober of artists’ own additions to pre-existing media. Also “fixing” characters to look a certain way is DEFINITELY wrong when talking about race. I understand if maybe the design of the character was a little stereotypical (a lot of old school black anime characters have somewhat racist features) so you’d want to “fix” it in a way that was more acceptable/right. However that’s not the same thing. Your not changing the characters race or anything. You’d simply be changing the characters appearance to fit a more appropriate idea/theme. Take the design of Canary (the promise neverland) in the 90’s to the current one. A better representation of a black girl.

[@lexthechex]

I fully agree

[@beep1070]

You have a good point

[@StarCatchrr]

I love you, thank you so much

[@VividPastels]

couldn't have said it better!

[@Oof-kn8yo]

AYO canary is from hunter hunter, or maybe you're talking about krone from promised neverland

[@santaisntblind2073]

Taking a character and changing their race isn't representation. Representation comes in forms of originality.

[@JammWashere]

THIS

[@mimikyuuss]

THIS

[@bal3716]

THIS

[@marlynGenloser]

THIS

[@JotaroKujo-ip5wb]

THIS

[@gusherxcrusher]

my opinion, people should stop calling anime characters "white", because unless if they are called "French" or "American" etc. , they are Asian. edit; idk if any is understanding what i was trying to say but, what im trying to say is that how people will look at an anime character and generally call them white, as in Caucasian, even though they are Japanese. unless if it is stated that they are in fact French or something. also, sorry if it didn't come out right.

[@chew7656]

(Edit: to the comment below me and the ones mass liking it. That wasn't my point. Seems like alot of folks here just like to disagree without even understanding what they're disagreeing with. If you want to reply, at least understand the point made. Don't just read the first paragarph. I understand I wrote alot but you could just skip it unless you're interested in the topic I'm talking about: underespresented Asians and how lumping them together with the few well-represented Asian nationalities (hint: Japan) helps in overlooking the rest. Anyway to op: I see a flaw in this approach. Anime is not a race. That's like saying "cartoons are white". But cartoon/anime isn't a race, It's a style/genre. Ofc it's safe to assume that an anime character might be Japanese. Though I read that the second most prevalent nationality (likely to also be protagonist and/or have the setting in their homeland) in anime is even British. Followed by other European nationalities (German, French, Italian) along with China and America. Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Koreans, Thai, Mongolians aren't really represented as much in Japan's anime, so how can we use the blanket term "Asian" when it's accurate to just say Japanese? this might be the reason why American media always bypasses Asian representation and mostly try to cover latino and black stories. because they feel that Japan's media is giving "a ton of asian representation". The blanket term "Asian" helps overlook asians who don't get anything less than problematic. As someone from an underrepresented Asian culture, I feel it's inaccurate to think Asians are well represented when it's actually just one or two nationalities at most.

[@legyoshi7225]

@@chew7656 and when they literally live in japan and have a japanese name?

[@chew7656]

@@legyoshi7225 read what I said. I said replace Asian with "Japanese" to be more accurate. Did you even try to read and comprehend what I was getting at? Using the blanket term "Asian" contributes to overlooking the issue that non-Japanese Asians are actually less represented in media

[@chew7656]

@@Miniredlights yeah tho what other way is there to put to light how underrepresented other asians are bar the Japanese? I'm not saying don't ever call the Japanese asians. Just suggesting that, if there's something specific to one nationality, it might be more accurate to just name that nationality Actually, even in western (American) media, it's unfair to say most white people are represented. The blanket term makes it seem so, but if we were to specify, you see the same bias all over again... In American media, the main characters in big films/franchises are usually American, then British, French... German/Italian/Mexican/Chinese/and Japanese again The same is true in Japanese media, as I commented above. Main characters in noteworthy shows are Japanese, then British, American, Chinese Italian/German etc You see only a couple of specific nationalities in every medium again and again. Very rarely you see a Taiwanese, Singaporean, Mongolian, even Korean, Indonesian, Burmese and Hongkong person in films that aren't produced by their own country. If ever they're shown, they're always the token person without as much substance Or tbf, it's only an off chance you see a hungarian, icelandic, portugese person Idk idk but 'American' isn't even a single race anymore (they're brown, black, asian too). I'm not sure American should be a blanket term for Caucasians in the first place

[@jeanxoxo_ofc]

I can confirm I’m Asian I find it annoying when people assume that we are white for the color of our skin

[@yang9645]

Controversial-ish but I feel like a lot of people forget that anime characters, unless specified ofc, are automatically Asian (Japanese), donghua/cnovel characters are Chinese, and so on and so forth. Just because they have lighter skin doesn't automatically make them white, white isn't the default for characters, and should never be. Reality is, if you've ever been to Japan you'd notice most people aren't dark-skinned, of course there are dark-skinned Japanese but lighter skin (beige, peach, yellowish tinge? I'm Asian and I think I can be written off as 'yellowish') is more common. But! Black characters in anime are starting to become more prevalent (like Dorothy from Great Pretender), which is a good thing. But remember, anime characters aren't raceless or white, they're usually Japanese/Asian unless specified. Edit: this comment was mainly talking northeast Asians by the way, yes dark skinned Asians do exist, but as I have stated before darker skinned Chinese/Japanese arent as common compared to the southeast, so donghua/anime, which is made in China/Japan BTW, tends to depict them as lighter skinned/similar shades.

[@WDole]

I feel like that's a problem from the general english speaking anime community at large, even if a character has a full japanese name and is seen partaking in their culture, a lot of photorealistic artists will draw them with completely white features which is :/ kinda the same as "blackwashing" imo

[@yang9645]

@@WDole You're absolutely right! Most of the English speaking audience tend to not keep this in mind... In fact, most drama also comes from the English speaking side... Wow. We are kinda sucky.

[@nenidetic]

yeah, another thing people ignore is that Japan is much more homogeneous than America (or than almost any other country lmao), so of course most/all of them will have the same skin color

[@meg9672]

Those people think we Asians doesn’t exist

[@yang9645]

@@meg9672 CRYING YES 😭😭😭 THEY THINK WE'RE A MYTH AA

[@blaze129]

I think it's cool to see characters that are originally white (in skintone, not necessarily race), in a darker skintone. BUT if you take a white character, make them darker, and calling it "fixing them" then i don't like you :D small edit a year later: *Don't whitewash.* Pretty sure the video explains why it's wrong to do that, whilst "blackwashing" doesn't exist and drawing light skinned people with a darker skin is a form of representation to POC. It would've been acceptable to whitewash if it weren't for all the historical context + the fact poc are underrepresented in media.

[@ashfeatherartz]

Yes

[@hannahtubby5088]

AGREED

[@lycaptain]

Yess

[@bonnietelocole6777]

Agreed

[@MissRusababy]

Agree 100%

[@shart-chan867]

changing a character's race for the sake of "fixing" or "rep" is trash. as a brown latina i'd be furious if someone did this for my people -- especially if a company did it. making a literal walmart-brand ripoff of a good movie that has 0 effort or love put into it, and just replacing the main character with a darker one, is not representation. it's "we don't want to put effort into this but we want money and we know people will see it if we pretend we care about poc". surely then the movie will come out and everyone will be upset that their representation was garbage. and recoloring characters doesn't do anything for me... seeing a woman who looks like me and looking up her name to see yet another light-skinned japanese woman does nothing for me. i'm not going to watch that anime or read that comic, that's not the lady i want to see fight cool monsters. that's someone else's representation you tried to trick me into thinking was mine. now i'm just sad because yet another story doesn't care to let me see myself in their world. who did this help? not me. it helps the artist to pretend they're woke or whatever. not to mention most people who recolor are just racist and pretend they're not. every time i see a latina recolor or something they've just taken a tall, thin, fair-skinned woman and made her fat, short, hairy, and brown. this isn't representation, this is a caricature. then they shove it in my face like "look! i made her look like you!" no you made her look like how a loony toons short from the 40s would portray me but thanks...

[@akuma7578]

That's exactly what I'm saying finally someone agrees with me Edit: I'm not Hispanic I'm Black but this is exactly how I feel

[@kuronoroux8864]

Latino here, yup, pretty much...

[@meshica6793]

thank you, shart-chan.

[@shart-chan867]

@@meshica6793 you're welcome, meshica-chan.

[@SuperKagomefan]

But this isn't like what your describing, that person who redrew the person as latina wasn't latina were they? These are black people redrawing another character so its bot a caricature, they're not trying to make fun of races. For those who say their "fixing" I agree that's racist but I empathize all to well with never having enough representation, especially with the things you love you realize you like things where everyone's skin is so light and then it becomes this thing where like you feel isolated. Redrawing a character as your own race I don't see a problem. It's fan art, people are free to write fan fictions of their favorite books(tho I consider it rude somtimes lol so I suppose that makes me a hypocrite) why can't they draw what they want?

[@migisothereye7046]

Honestly anime was really the only Asian rep I got in school. So when I see people changing them it kinds hurts to see we can’t have anything to ourselves.

[@Pathfinder-qp1he]

That’s exactly how I feel, I got someone who I thought was a friend yelling at me when I voiced my uncomfort as someone half Japanese when people blackwash already Asian characters (and in general too but that’s besides the point). Yes, I’m aware that black people have less representation in media and it does suck a lot. But that’s not an excuse to change the race of a character to fit you better. Characters with pale skin aren’t always white and characters with dark skin aren’t always black. If you want representation create fanart of poc characters that exist, create your own ocs, etc. There’s many more healthier and better ways to show black representation.

[@almondtovfu5672]

So many people just see light skin and think "white." But what they don't realize is that by making those characters in anime (which most of them are japanese/asian) they're taking away another representation. Anime comes from Japan, it makes sense why there are so many Japanese characters. Doesn't make it any more okay even if they were white.

[@AyumiBeslivi742]

Thank you - coming from someone who's half japanese

[@darthvadeth6290]

That's bc Asians are lower on the oppression pyramid. Black people are more oppressed therefore they can blackwash you all they want and not be racisy

[@justsomemonkewithabananagu9801]

As another Asian I wholeheartedly agree, seeing existing representation get erased just to please the other makes my blood boil. No they are not white because they have lighter skin tone, no they are not black because they have darker skin, THEY ARE ASIANS FOR GODS SAKE!!

[@willowd0ll]

Literally why are the black women always the sassy ones? Like my friend is literally the softest and most kind, encouraging and friendly person I've ever met i SWEAR. like, oh my god, can we please get more representation for soft poc girls because I need to make her happy 💔😭💖

[@thedotintheletteri]

Seriously!! I don’t know many people of color, (not many live in my area, my town is very white) but my African American friend is shy, polite, smart, sweet, and gorgeous. I can’t imagine her having the slightest hint of sass. People need to see more people like these gals in media!!! They deserve it wholeheartedly! 😤💕

[@zeldaprincessgirl100]

Funny thing, last year, i drew a black anime girl who is quite shy and awkward towards the guy she likes, yea, she's also a softy lol

[@twinkylinky]

A friend of mine was (she moved) black and she was one of the sassiest people i’ve seen. i know a lot of black girls who are sassy, and a lot that are very soft as kind. it just depends on everyone’s situations i suppose. i don’t live in a place with a lot of black people, either. it’s pretty interesting

[@willowd0ll]

@@twinkylinky I'm not saying sassy black girls don't exist im saying that black girls are very typecast in movies as ALWAYS being the sassy ones when thats not the case.

[@Kionala]

need soft black baes representation.

[@MadamChriss]

Blackwashing doesn't bother me since I also like seeing characters with darker skin tones, but what I thought blacktober would be about drawing fanart for stories and anime that have black characters in them for example I'm reading a magical girl manga called Adorned by Chi which takes place in Africa and it's premise is about college students becoming magical girls which is absolutely amazing, that's what I thought blacktober was about given more attention to these amazing stories created with black people in it I'm sad that they'll just end up. Not being noticed 😔

[@thedotintheletteri]

• RazzaJazza • I love magical girl stuff, but I’ve never heard about that before. It sounds really interesting! Where can I find it to give it a read?

[@miraastralis]

Oh. My. GOSH YOU READ ADORNED BY CHI?!?!?! its a w e s o m e, especially as an anime-loving Nigerian teen XD ive never met another fan before... ^^

[@MadamChriss]

@@miraastralis yeah it's really good I really hope it gets more attention but I'm excited that I met another fan too!! 🤩👋

[@MadamChriss]

@@thedotintheletteri search up Adorned by Chi and go to the website and you'll be able to read the manga!! 👍

[@miraastralis]

@@MadamChriss it is!! And its really fun, the merch, the art! We need to get more people to get into it XD 🥰🥰🥰

[@mawinstallation6626]

you know shit's wrong when the artists claim they "fixed it"

[@bunnyrabbit102]

bangers & mash,

[@rinasipstea8492]

Yup

[@zbear199b3]

My problem they say they fix it but I'm okay with drawing the character as yourself or just wanting to see how they would look not saying they fixed it or that it's better just saying you want to see how they look as you and not for rep

[@dynamicsketch]

And someone did that to an Asian artist on Twitter.

[@uraniumglass]

if you take asian characters and redraw them as black, calling it "fixing them" then you should in fact get criticism

[@kekeandtofo]

Facts

[@aliza-is-dumb]

what about white people

[@tellonindia]

As a black artist, I do think it’s interesting to see cartoon characters with darker skin tones. However, while I personally prefer black artists just creating original black anime characters (to avoid controversy for the most part), I like the idea of it. But those accounts who edit the picture because they want to “fix” it, obviously have a lot of racist undertones. And it’s funny because most of the time, they’ll give them extremely pale skin with blonde hair and blue eyes. But I think to the mental health of some of these black artists, I just recommend you ignore/block them. The art is gorgeous btw 💞

[@swededontknow]

it's really gross to me when people edit someone else's art, like if you wanna see the character in a different way, just draw them that way. as long as it isn't disrespectful, I don't think the artist would mind you drawing their character in a different way. editing it implies that their art was wrong in the first place, and imo it's just gross

[@christarolle7012]

But Anime is not white it is Asian. So after the white take away our voices we do the same to other races without a thought?

[@sweetenlemons8659]

@@christarolle7012 doesn't make it right though

[@christarolle7012]

@@sweetenlemons8659 I just said that. That is why I asked that question.

[@sweetenlemons8659]

@@christarolle7012 did you respond to the right comment? If you where trying to explain its wrong then I agree with you, but it sounded like you where trying to give these people an excuse. Also you never asked a question.

[@Oleanierum]

I just hate race bending as it is, It makes everyone feel like shit and is not so subtly demeans other races

[@_jaded_ghost__6658]

Ye

[@EvaHoshizora]

@Xbox One there is other races that are light skinned.

[@averymon2292]

@@EvaHoshizora yeah like chinese people.

[@znazzy]

@Xbox One okay but if it was the other way around it would be racist, either all of it goes or none of it goes. one race should not get to have more creative liberties with their art just because they are part of a minority. its stupid. dont get me wrong, i understand that it feels good to silence your oppressors and whatever, but creating more inequality and more race tension just makes shit worse.

[@chia6998]

@@znazzy its seen as racist because, why would you whitewash a black character when you already have many other white skin characters that can represent you while poc don't?

[@dawnfairy9868]

As an Asian,when I first saw this types of things,I was offended and furious. All I could see was hypocrisy and double standards. I view whitewashing and black washing the same.I both despise it. I think it’s very hypocritical. Their excuses for it is stupid in my POV. I’m not racist,I don’t base people from their race,I will never do that. If black people want to fight for more representation?hell yes I’ll support. But these blackwashings? Never. It just so wrong in my view. I felt bad in my stomach when I saw these

[@miraclemalletyougrowbigger5339]

Same

[@m_iika3]

Agree. And someone said blackwashing does not exist 💀

[@kyghosty9545]

I agree with you

[@kameronjenner8056]

@@m_iika3 omg ikr

[@kyghosty9545]

The double standards between blackwashing and whitewashing is literally the reason why we will never have equality and unable to end racism..

[@darkestasian6921]

As a black/Asian person it don’t really vibe with the “we do it because black people need more characters/representative” excuse. There are too many good black characters in anime and ESPECIALLY comics. If I told you to name 10 Asian superheroes on the spot at best you could name 2, let alone the ones the aren’t stereotypes and use chi, Kong-fu, Samurai swords, etc. There’s just no reason to even complain at that point

[@bunnyrabbit102]

bangers and mashed

[@darkestasian6921]

bunny rabbit idk that hero

[@aserthle9466]

@@darkestasian6921 bunny rabbit just agrees with you lol

[@darkestasian6921]

@@aserthle9466 how do you know?🙁 I’m just confused

[@aserthle9466]

@@darkestasian6921 i actually don’t know lol, I’m just assuming that cause bunny rabbit is replying that in others comments

[@AverageJoelEnjoyer]

I think the only time it's messed up is when someone "fixes" a character, but even then I don't know if that's the label you'd use :/

[@peiithos]

yeah, because like, saying that they're fixed is really rude- I personally like the takes on the characters. it's really interesting to see everyone's interpretation

[@SpectreBagels]

If you would use the term whitewashing to describe a person's art that "fixes" a non white character, then yes black washing would be the right term for when it is a non black character "fixed" into a black character. I think the word for just changing the race for fun is "a different interpretation"

[@razsouza]

The point of blacktober is more about making fanart, isn't saying that this version is better than the original, it's just imagine a character being a different race. It's just for fun.

[@SpectreBagels]

@@razsouza that may be the intention or even just how some people see it but there are those that use it in order to say this character is better this way because they are darker. And even those that say thats what they mean, end up saying or portraying a different message. The ire is being directed toward those bad apples that make themselves more prominent than those just doing it for complete fun

[@mtgamer6432]

As a black artist blackwashing is a thing and this month people are eventually just blackwashing a bunch of characters I thought this month was gonna be creative makeing new characters or giveing black artists a platform for projects but na so imo blackwashing is the same as whitewashing so essentially just don’t do it

[@EvaHoshizora]

And are taking away representation and not supporting the black people. Twitter is a bunch of byggotted idiots lol

[@putdogdirectlyonbed]

another black artist! blackwashing and whitewashing are not on the same level the only reason why its called blackwashing is to create a false equivalency to whitewashing

[@mtgamer6432]

@@putdogdirectlyonbed tbh race bending shouldn’t be a thing period and blackwashing is the same thing as whitewashing it just hurts more (i guess?) because there’s not much black rep

[@mtgamer6432]

@@EvaHoshizora ikr

[@putdogdirectlyonbed]

@@mtgamer6432 blackwashing isn't real in the actual world though, but whitewashing is. its something very prevalent still, like the korean beauty standard and people bleaching their skin to appear lighter. "Blackwashing" doesn't have this effect...

[@skittlessenpai9241]

Are you sure you got the Nessa thing right? I was there when it happened. What sparked the whole Nessa thing was that an Asian artist drew and colored it with light tone of her color palette because the artist was doing a light pastel color palette theme. Then an artist from ether Tumblr or Twitter came along and "Fixed" the original art piece, claiming that the og artist is racist for "Making" Nessa white washed, when in reality the artist who "fixed it" just didn't understand that it was a light pastel color theme. People got angry at the "fixing it" artist because they just came along and started to shame the og artist for being racist when the "fixing it" artist just didn't understand the light pastel color theme, so in retaliation the people just went along and actually started to ether white washed Nessa or just draw her in a more racist manner as a "*fuck up" to the "fixing it" artist.

[@banchotaco]

yep I really hope they read this comment

[@skittlessenpai9241]

Probably not since I'm not adding nothing insightful to the "Is Black washing real?" video.

[@skullcidd]

idk about this whole situation but i do remember what she talked about in the video happening on twitter, there was a flame war between people saying whitewashing nessa is bad and the whitewashers would be like ‘lmao whatever shes white now deal with it’ and posting more white nessa artwork. we may not have been on the same side of twitter or maybe i got something mixed up? thats just what i saw

[@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m]

I just don't like seeing characters races changed regardless of the race of the character and the excuses people give for why they do so. Just make your own and promote characters you like.

[@emmaross3451]

Agree I think they should make them blasian, and not 100% black, yk like mix Asian and black .

[@NakanoMiku-chan-z2m]

@@emmaross3451 what?

[@noahh208]

I agree

[@kameronjenner8056]

@@emmaross3451 yeah...I don't think that's gonna make things better

[@dontsub3609]

@@emmaross3451 that's...still the same thing

[@_Depending_Viscount_]

Me sitting here like: *The comments are going to be literal Hell.*

[@lycaptain]

Ikr.

[@Rinne_Z_rank]

Yep

[@insertusernamehere3173]

Indeed

[@MissRusababy]

Yep

[@_Depending_Viscount_]

IT'S STARTED, THE COMMENTS ARE COMING IN LMAO TwT

[@hhh-0000]

The thing i Don't like ppl drawing asiain or white characters into black and say "its for representation" if you really want black people to have more representation then draw fanarts of actual existing black characters, use your platform to promote existing black characters and not just change a popular character into black. That doesn't do shit.

[@Madgamer4561]

@@nina_sheep so use your imagination and make some of your own, GOD ALMIGHTY! Anime, movies, books and films aren't responsible for black representation. Just bcuz a race isn't represented that doesn't mean it's worth is any less and it certainly DOES NOT stop you from creating your own characters that are of that race

[@EvaHoshizora]

@@nina_sheep there actually is! A lot of black artists with amazing comics and animations are getting washed out bc people are stupid and ignore their stuff bc it's not to their taste. I personally don't read/watch anything with black characters because I'm so picky, but on Webtoons there is 2 new series with main black characters.

[@xx___Bunny___xx]

@@nina_sheep Here are some animes with black protagonists that are main characters! - Michiko & Hatchin - Afro Samurai - Cannon Busters - Children Of Ether - Basquash! - Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts - Neo Yokio Not 10 but ya know there is probably more then 1 main character that is black in those. Also that's just from a simple google search. If I went deeper I could most likely find more. While its obviously not as asian characters we do have to realize that while there is black people in Japan its a lot less then in America for example. I think there should be a lot more representation in the media but unless the character is cannonly white its taking representation away from smaller groups like asians or Hispanics.

[@melancholydarling3937]

Makayla Flemister Don’t forget Carole & Tuesday! Legendary

[@EDK-San51912]

sokka avatar last air bender katara avatar last air bender korra avatar legend of korra chad bleach caption tosen bleach Hannah black butler season 2 Hakoda avatar last air bender Oscar rwby

[@floralynn5527]

As a dark skinned and asian woman, here's my take. No, making a white, italian or japanese characters black isn't representing anybody. The character is still white/italian/japanese. No, there's no 'not enough' POC representation in anime industry. Artists needs to stop watching Sailor Moon and BNHA for once and watch animated anime shows created by POC and properly represent POC. I'll give two names, Carole and Tuesday and Cowboy Bebop Yes, there's more POC representation than you think. Please please please artists please stop watching one or two anime and watch something else pleaseeee Also my dumbass mispelt CBP's name

[@EDK-San51912]

Bro people can watch what they want bro.now yes they should support poc creations doesn’t mean they have to stop watching anime that they like.they can do both

[@floralynn5527]

@@EDK-San51912 No one is telling them to stop, I'm telling them to stop blackwashing POC like japanese people. Would you like it if I whitewash a black character?

[@weirdo3116]

@@floralynn5527 i deadass wouldn't care as long as you weren't malicious/weird about it. Like to me it's just like cosplay. Like a black person cosplaying as an Asian character doesn't erase that character.

[@dimitrisanastopoulos8957]

Italians... Are white... We Mediterraneans are white that have a bit darker pigment.

[@weirdo3116]

@@dimitrisanastopoulos8957 what is your definition of white

[@opinionsanyone8582]

Coming from someone who is Black/Hispanic, I find it nice to have colored characters. However, I'm not offended when I see a character with pale skin because I know that this character (in anime) is asian, because no one specified that they AREN'T. Blackwashing and whitewashing are both things I don't want to see nor take part of, because it feels like I'm being racist towards another race. I don't want to be known for saying, "This color is OK because it's (insert race)." I know it takes alot of time and effort to make a character, but I still feel you should make your own characters. That won't stop people, but I atleast incourage it.

[@rosemary3029]

Hello fellow danganronpa fan

[@knuckles5713]

Hello fellow Afro-Hispanic

[@the_roach_king.]

This is going to be controversial but eh I’m already pretty controversial. I think that instead it being just abt black people, blacktober should be about all POC. Like Native Americans, Hispanics, etc. Because those people often don’t have representation of their culture which I think is pretty sad. Like yes I do think black people don’t get a lot of representation but I always remember what one of my friends said to me.I was talking about Black Lives Matter and she said “What about all lives matter? I’m a POC but I’m not black. But I still should matter right? I don’t see why it’s just them.” And it honestly stuck with me. We should have a month for all POC. Just to show that they matter too.

[@deathlight4210]

@@the_roach_king. agreed 👏

[@user-pp8gu3rr1h]

Blackwashing has always bothered me just as much as whitewashing, it's never okay to change someone's skin tone, even if they're just a character

[@MakotoriASMR]

This.

[@bathnoodles2753]

but why? it's all just for fun? just like gender bending a character or adding your own headcannons. just don't understand your point of view.

[@user-pp8gu3rr1h]

@@bathnoodles2753 Skin tone is very different from gender, in my mind anyway

[@bathnoodles2753]

@@user-pp8gu3rr1h but why? i just wanna understand why you think that.

[@user-pp8gu3rr1h]

@@bathnoodles2753 (Just something in advance, I'm not the best with words lmao) It's more of a personal thing for me, from my personal experience, changing someone's skin tone tends to have more racist intentions when genderbending usually doesn't have sexist intentions

[@LumaShiki]

This is my personal opinion so just hear me out, I never liked race bending. It feels wrong to completely change an aspect of a character that is, well, a huge part of them. I'm Hispanic (Puerto Rican to be exact) and if I saw someone change an originally Hispanic person to a white or black or Asian person then it just feels wrong and rubs me the wrong way. I feel like race/ethnicity plays an important role in a person, and when you change their race, you're essentially changing the person from who they originally were. I always thought it'd be better to create your own new characters with different races rather than change a character, because, in the end, that character will always remain white, black, etc. Wouldn't you want something fresh to look at? Because imo I just feel like it would make you feel even less representation by making a character what they're not. I understand wanting to be represented, but no matter what race/ethnicity, to me it just doesn't feel right.

[@WaikoloaMashups]

Yeah, and also when they say "oh they are latino/hispanic" only cause they are tan brown skinned, like they think it's a race, Latinos can be any color, I can make a black/asian/white character and say they're latino Latin problems

[@fluffsynthesis]

@@WaikoloaMashups as a white skinned latina it sucks, even the people in my city think i come from europe because i'm white and i have blue eyes

[@humandog3240]

Is genderbending ok? I've been planning on making genderbent fanart on Azur Lane characters just for fun and post those on instagram but idk if people might think i'm sexist or something

[@lucauwu5065]

@@humandog3240 As long as you aren't claiming that you're making them trans, I see nothing wrong with genderbending characters. Some people don't like genderbending, but as a trans person, I think its fine. You definitely wouldn't be considered 'sexist' for genderbending if you're just doing it for fun.

[@MochaTune]

BinzieBoop for the last time, ain’t nobody tryna change characters from canceled shows cannon race.

[@channyt8818]

I feel like most people, when there’s a POC in anime, pay attention to just their race/ethnicity. Like, I’ve seen great pretender (and I have strong opinions) but when a POC like Dorothy is shown in clips... A good majority (like 500+) comments are about her is that she is representation. It’s cool their discussing it, because it is rare, but I could barely see anything about her character traits. Like, isn’t there suppose to be more to a good character than representation?

[@commentbot9510]

Yeah, it’s still double standards and pisses me off. I don’t relate to characters because of their skin color. I relate to their personalities. Instead of black washing we should push for more POC characters. If someone made a black character white saying “I want to relate to them more” you would be trashed on. Now you might say it’s okay when black people do it because they are underrepresented. It is true that they are underrepresented and under recognized, but it does not make it okay. Instead of being hypocrites, people should push for more POC characters so they feel equally represented. Instead of changing old characters, make new ones.

[@kikiscribbles]

Imagining a character as black is alright, but drawing them as such and claiming that you fixed them is still racist. Not only is that going to have offensive implications depending on what you found wrong with the character, but there are also many different races that happen to be pale skinned. "Fixing" a character such as one from an anime or similarly Asian medium/setting is essentially being racist towards many Asian nationalities, and still doesn't help with anything

[@SpectreBagels]

I agree with you. Its unfortunate that for some reason people think overwriting a character's race is giving meaningful representation, and that they forget black and white people are not the only races on this planet, let along not the only race in AMERICA, the melting pot country

[@witchrosey]

I agree with you, I hate how people are blackwashing Deku and or Sailor moon like there’s a whole magical girl book dedicated to black girls known as adorned by chi this event is a disaster and I hope this DOENST happen next year

[@SpectreBagels]

@@witchrosey it just might😒

[@kikiscribbles]

@@witchrosey Personally I'm not offended by Blacktober (I'm Asian myself) so long as they don't claim to fix characters by racebending them. Self indulgence is harmless, but claiming to fix characters is the problem

[@kikiscribbles]

@Xbox One dude have you seen normal people who do that on other platforms? Twitter isn't the only place to look at when it comes to Blacktober, as far as I can tell the tumblr artists doing it aren't claiming to be fixing the characters. Don't assume the same for everyone in situations like this, please

[@tristysstuff6664]

I really disagree with the beginning part of the video. Yeah, I'm from Nigeria and a lot of what you said about how we viewed darker skin character in the shows/media is really incorrect when it comes to me and the friends I grew up with. Generation Z is taught from age 3 onwards to not judge people based off of their skin. These ideals have been drilled into us for nearly 2 decades, that's why its rare to see someone of Gen Z be legitimately racist. Many other kids and I didn't care about what the skin tone of the characters was because it's not important, and that's how it should be. When you speak to other people you shouldn't care about their race or their sexuality, you should care about THEM as a person. The same mindset applied to the way my friends and I viewed things. We didn't care because it wasn't important. In fact, we even joked about all characters in shows being white. The race of a character shouldn't be what makes them special, it's the way they think and act. That's why so many kids look up to anime characters like Naruto and Goku. I'm not here to speak on behalf of all black people but hat's just how it was for me and like 90% of black people I know. I don't think we'll ever move past this if seeing a black superhero or something deserves special attention. People think that giving shit like that special attention is helping the cause but its really only hurting it. This stuff should be normalized, not special.

[@banchotaco]

@@AMenacingCloudofBlackPeople amen, people say lets normalize this and that but what they really mean is that they want to make it something special that has to be praised and respected

[@yuliiamoroz4765]

Idk.. gen z is really racist nowadays, but it wasn’t that way a fee years ago.. idk what happened

[@0rangeeige199]

@@banchotaco Do you know what normalize means? Don't twist their words when that made it as clear as daylight. They meant normalizing black characters, as in NOT treating them as if it's something special or unique because at the end of the day we are all human.

[@randomname5232]

Drawing yourself as a character, and being black is NOT BLACKWASHING

[@hugebluefalcon]

Anyone know why there is a random person just saying "bangers and mash" in the comments? I'm so confused???

[@quackquackx]

i was wondering too

[@dr.samuelhayden9325]

stop british erasure #bangers&mash

[@castorsdoodliez]

bangers and mash is a slang term for a common dinner in britain/ireland consisting of mashed potatoes and sausages. however, i have not the fucking faintest idea as to why they would spam that.

[@alpktea]

From what I think, Blackwashed pre-existing characters arent adding into representation. Blackwashing is real and would be double standard to say its okay. *Blackwashed characters get more attention than original black characters.* ( Adorned by Chi needs more attention.) Original black characters would have more meaning than blackwashing the pre-existing charcter.

[@okaypolastri]

@@moonbunny7171 is this a inside joke? I'm really confused qwq

[@Madgamer4561]

I just don't understand why they can't just make black characters, nono it's always "muh representation". If you're not creative enough, just fucking say it

[@vinnyb.7825]

it's not a double standard when they've been opressed and mistreated and mis represented in the media. of racism didn't exist then maybe it would be double standards. if white washing wasn't used against poc maybe it would be double standards. but how it is now, it is absolutely not a double standard because poc and white ppl are not on the same playing field y'know

[@probnotking]

Then again I haven’t watched the whole vid yet so//

[@bodypillowwaifu9941]

@@vinnyb.7825 No, it is still double standards. Sure you can say they're partially justified double standards, but is still exactly that. Double standards. At the end of the day, they're still the same act being done for various reasons. If you are playing into one side, and bitching at the other, you are playing into double standards.

[@SuperVini310]

As a Black person myself, I don't understand why the people participating in Blacktober choose to draw White and Asian characters as Black instead of... just drawing canonically Black characters like Static Shock, Black Panther, Cyborg, Green Lantern (there's a Black version of him as far as I remember), especially since I come from the NSFW community, where giving characters darker skin is a common fetish (because of the gyaru subculture). Recently I saw someone posting a Black version of Cure Black (character from Futari wa Pretty Cure) and INSTANTLY remembered of a ero-comic I saw one day which featured the same character being transformed into a gyaru (i.e. dark skin, light hair). Besides, one can just pair their Black OC with a Black version of a canon character, there is such thing as OC X Canon, after all, and they are already exploiting the racism (White characters get more publicity than Blacks, so just pick, say, Superman and make him Black), so just try to exploit more! If I participate in Blacktober someday, I would mix the fetish stuff with my Black OCs AND other canon Blacks. And, for last but not least, WHERE ARE THE... "DUAL-COLORED SKIN CHARACTERS"?

[@SpectreBagels]

Honestly I was kinda turned off by it. I dont find pleasure in changing other character for the "better". At first I thought it was gonna be something to highlight black character but apparently not. A real missed opportunity, all they had to do was look for them. I dont get why people delude themselves into thinking that good black characters just don't exist in anime, cartoons or other things🤔

[@minniebabi1555]

So many black people draw those characters you said

[@SpectreBagels]

@@minniebabi1555 what the person is saying is that blacktober itself should have centered around characters like that and not just changing non black characters

[@SuperVini310]

@@SpectreBagels And in fact, searching for #blacktober on Twitter brings mostly blackwashed white/asian characters, while canon Blacks rarely appear. It seems some people are waiting until October 31st to draw actual black characters, which, to me is just stupid and counterproductive.

[@SpectreBagels]

@@SuperVini310 yep

[@ChillinwitTi04]

As a black teen artist who has turned some of my favorite anime characters into darker skin toned characters it was a fun thing to do. I think as long as your doing it for harmless fun and not claiming you so called "fixed it" then just leave them be.

[@AyumiBeslivi742]

No it's fine to leave anime characters how they are.

[@ye0oo]

@@AyumiBeslivi742 It's not like the anime characters are gonna come out of their screen and say "yo, stop making be darker skinned" ☠

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

@@ye0oo still don't change any characters skin color.

[@Chocobiscuitbeanie]

@@AyumiBeslivi742 it's fine if people can still do edits for fun as long as they saying they fixed it and not being

[@Chocobiscuitbeanie]

@@PercydeRoloFangirl and just let people have fun if they do edits of that let them have fun as long as they are harmless and not being racist and not saying that they fixed it

[@learningagain4094]

"Why think of it of like how productive or profitable it is, instead of what it actually is? Which is just a fun harmless hashtag post." That directly contradicts the previous statement. "The problem is, they aren't getting the recognition they deserve. These big companies that pick these stories up or produce cartoons, movies and what have you, don't think that black characters and black story lines are as profitable" It's either fun and harmless or purposely done because original characters don't get enough "visibility" or aren't as "profitable". ---- You do a similar thing with black face, because the act of even wearing black make-up is considered racist, even with pure intentions. By your example, if I (a white male) wore black make-up but kept my personality and ideals, it would be fine. It wouldn't... I usually don't care if someone makes offensive, racist jokes or if they do something that might be insensitive to a race, religion, ideal or person. I don't like double standards. They say that whitewashing a black character is "harmful" yet "blackwashing" is just harmless fun. Bullshit, that's cognitive dissonance at its clearest. If I had it my way, I wouldn't give two shits if someone wanted to change a race of someone; I'd say that's the most equal you can get since you've essentially moved pass race. However, when it's okay in one instance and not okay in another due historical issues that has zero effect on anyone, then I can't stand it. This passivity when it comes to talking about minorities, because people are scared of the infinite terms that are used to sway any discussion on the topic is just dumb. Say it like it is - hypocritical.

[@firellarosebud]

Imo, I don't like racebending in general. It's just never been a thing I enjoyed drawing or anything. But seeing the blacktober tag isn't harming anyone. And the art is really pretty. Its just for fun and no reason to attack any of the artists.

[@LumaShiki]

@@user-lt4ty5ij6z wtf is ur username dude lmfao it goes completely across my computer screen lol

[@thekill-ua-.acatboi.415]

@@LumaShiki same lol. it made my computer laggy.

[@kindaokiguess9519]

straight mooooood

[@sorachitheeggo4440]

ah I'm sorry. Didn't really like this video. I know I know, everyone can have their own opinion but like I generally don't agree with this specific one. Now, before I say anything else, I feel like I somehow have to say I'm justified at all in saying anything on this matter solely because I am also black. (and while I sorta get why, I also kinda don't agree but like, that's entirely situational, so-) I don't really like race bending in general. like at all, no ifs ands or buts about it. I've only ever done something like it once and even then it wasn't racebending. I don't come from a privileged house of any sort. I have like- 0 self confidence and next to none self worth, but that hasn't been due to the media I consumed growing up, but due mostly to how my parents.. well parented. I've grown up watching whatever came on tv, I've had dolls and I've read books. I was pretty well informed on slavery at the ripe age of 14, I've never had to deal with anything like that of the sort however. I like to think that in the city and time I grew up in, I was relatively accepted for my skin color. I am in no way trying to devalue anyone else's experience growing up by saying this, but I have never felt the need to impose my skin tone onto a white or asian person. I feel as it's pretty stupid and unnecessary. I don't feel like it's a productive way to have black people be seen, especially when it comes to media. I think it would be far more productive for there to be some sort of movement to actually get this kinda stuff out there similar to Blacktober but like, with characters that are already black. The media is out there, but it gets buried because it's just far easier to get views when you draw your favorite character as black, rather than to draw your favorite black character. (I'm speaking about this more to the reasoning that this event somehow promotes black visibility. I'm not trying to stop people from having fun, and if that were all it was, like I genuinely wouldn't care.) I mean if you vote with your wallet, why not support black creators and black stories? buy more of these such things, that tells the folks that this stuff does want to be seen, and as a result, more of it will be made. I mean, take Steven's universe for example. A story that features mostly an LGBT cast, paving the way for more shows like it to even see the light of day. While I'm not entirely sure of it's history, I'm pretty sure it, and shows like it didn't get started all because someone drew a headcanoned LGBT character. now don't get it twisted, I don't care what other people draw. I'm not gonna come onto your art page and chew you out or whatever, cuz that's also very unproductive. I'm 21 years old, And I know well and good to just mosey along when I see something I don't like instead of drumming up drama. The only reason I'm here at all is because I watch you regularly so I felt kinda obligated to share my own opinion on the matter. Which is tl;dr'ed to: Thanks but I hate it. Uh, I do like your content tho-

[@Yukibunns]

Thank you for giving me your time 😤👌 i really like it when people who disagree with me or think I am wrong or uninformed can show me other sides to things 🥺

[@fangirlapocalypse]

man more people should see this- 1000000% agree.

[@froggy2485]

Thank you for saying this I felt bad for disagreeing with this and this comment made me feel better

[@weirdo3116]

To me it's like cosplaying. Like i wouldn't expect a white person to do black face if they're gonna cosplay a black character. I just see the character they're trying to cosplay. Not as trying to impose a skin tone.

[@Zombina638]

Hmm nope

[@fluffkitten]

But if someone turned a character white it’s wrong? I don’t get it? Aren’t they similar? Anime characters aren’t white unless they are confirmed to be another nationality I do think we need more black representation in movies, shows, anime’s, ect Plus, you don’t need to to have the same race as a character to relate them you can’t still relate to them even if they are a different ethnicity I don’t get how it changes their personality just because of their race (I’m sorry if this is rude)

[@user-xf4ef2zn6q]

I remember one of my drawings of an anime girl was black washed! I don't really mind it but what made me angry was because they blocked out my watermark and claimed it was their art!

[@nairu6582]

I'm black too, and I don't entirely whole "we need more black representation thing" OBVIOSLY I get that they're aren't a lot of black characters in cartoons or anime, but I didn't really see how changing a characters skin color makes a difference really. Their personality is still the same, they're still the same despite their color. I've been able to relate to many white characters growing up, I grew up with the powerpuff girls also thinking I could be like them and looking up to buttercups boyish attitude, I loved Mable from gravity falls relating to the sibling rivalry from the show too. So It does not feel like just changing the color of their skin really does anything. Yeah they look like me, but are they really like me? You could color any other character black, but are they really like me. Maybe i'm missing something from this idk

[@bunnyrabbit102]

bangers & mash,

[@nairu6582]

@@bunnyrabbit102 ??

[@dracoleo7051]

Nairu i think its ("blackwashing) a mix of some things: 1. we ofc want representation of black characters cause obviously black anime characters arent seen as much in anime & 2. we just want to have fun making a character we really enjoy be like us and it makes us happy & 3. (not sure if this has to do with the situation but...)ive seen black characters drawn in very strange ways. ive seen black people talk about this and it has to do with the way black people are drawn in anime. in anime, sometines they give us weird clips like drawing a line and putting a big pink oval around it and also black anime characters having ashy skin? like our skin doesnt look ashy and our lips arent built like that?? also sometines they make our eyes just a big white circle and a dot in the middle and idk if this is wrong either but i dont think they could use their arent style as an excuse they just need to pick the right colors and NOT draw our lips and skin and eyes like that. black people dont like it and we dont look like that. thats why we draw characters as black because we tend to be disrespected and we just dont see enough black characters. *sorry if i sound mean or anything*

[@nairu6582]

@@dracoleo7051 I DEFINITELY agree with you on pointing 3, (lol u didnt sou d mean at all) I think that we do have very little representation in anime but it's just so wrong;_;

[@86Limgwkmc]

I personally feel that it harmful to the creators of the ocs that they are using it on. I do get why many black people see others being mad about race-swapping as "racism" but- the truth is (as an asian) I am not really mad at the fact that they are black. But more so I am offended by the fact that an anime that have to do with my culture or that supposed to represent us is use as a "representation". But when other people race-swap (whitewash) black characters it become a problem?. I know it's because black people have problems like slavery you will say- but I don't think that statement is right either as A lot of people have problems and some mess up history too like racism and also slavery.

[@Arya-we7vf]

As a black (Mixed, Mom's white) artist, this video is honestly what gave me my final opinion on the whole blackwashing thing in general. I started out years ago as really against it because of the whole double standard thing, then just stopped caring since I didn't have to see it if I didn't like it or follow the artists who did it. Now, this video gave me way more insight into everything and my opinion is "May be weird but do what you want, some of it does actually look pretty cool, ngl." But I'm still not gonna touch it myself with a 10 foot pole because, well... As an artist I know I would absolutely wring someone's neck if they drastically changed my character's design, especially their race of all things, like that. I'm grossly over exaggerating of course, but they're my babies and I get very attached to their designs so I strongly dislike people changing them too much. Yes, the white characters just as much as the POC ones too.

[@fattfatt502]

Here's something that confused me. People are completely fine with turning a white character black but when people turn a black character white they send death threats?

[@kidc8847]

(This is really long and basically is about the representation argument that people use.) I don't really think it adds to representation. Regardless of what race you change a character it'll still be that original race. It literally does nothing and for that I find getting mad over it weird. It wipes no representation from other groups either because the original character is still whatever race it was before, and the creators of whatever show or piece of fiction isn't gonna start drawing the character that way cause a bunch of people started drawing the characters a different way. I really like blacktober and actually think it's pretty neat. I just don't claim it gets black people more representation. Nor do I think it wipes other representation. Representation is seeing people who look like you in mainstream media not on twitter, which is what a lot of communities honestly need more of.

[@fiveythefox3318]

Off-topic but I love that game your pfp is from chie.

[@DevilzBeat_]

I'm really sorry Yukibunns, I'll have to disagree with your points, although yes black people should get more spotlight and should be represented in the right/good way in anime, movies etc. This is not the way to do it. Whitewashing and Blackwashing are both equally bad, because whether or not you changed their backstory or some other aspects, you are still changing someone's race. The people who make these characters, make them the way they are for a reason. Race should not be changed, its apart of these characters and its apart of us too. If we really wanna stop bad representation of black people, we have to do it in a way that doesn't change other peoples already existing creations.

[@siddharthnandi3995]

Same here. Hard agree.

[@Lilopoppity]

I completely agree with you but I feel like we shouldn’t expect too much from anime because Japan is a homogeneous country and Anime is (I think/kind of) part of Japanese culture.

[@maryjulianne6689]

@@Lilopoppity it is and the reason why we dont see many black anime characters is because there arert alot of black japanese

[@paigeluvscoke]

I acceptingly agree with you ---------------------------------------------- There's a whole twitter page called " Turning you're faves black " and they are literally blackwashing white Asian characters and people in the comments are like "so cute!!" "Hot" or "They should have made this character black tbh" , I would say that it's incredibly disrespectful and to top it not even asking permission from the artist to make the character black. Blackwashing is the same as Whitewashing they are equally both bad and I just get so irritated when people in the comments are like " Blackwashing isn't real " and it just makes me mad.

[@siddharthnandi3995]

@@paigeluvscoke Absolutely.

[@rpcsa8]

Doing things for fun is okay, just don’t start acting like you’re the person in the right because you’re quirky.

[@user-ee5vg5rs6t]

hot take: a crappy recolor or redraw of a popular character is not representation,feel free to murder me in the replies

[@EvaHoshizora]

The thing with black washing is that you are drowning out actual black characters and series to black wash a white character. So many comics and stories that are genuinely good is getting washed out by white people "being inclusive". The whole idea of white people trying to be inclusive and taking away from black people wanting to tell stories is damaging. As a writer, I ask you: Do not do anything just for "inclusivity". If you want to write a black character, first thing you need to ask yourself is *why* are they black? Why are they white? Would it even make sense for a certain race? "It's not denying it visibility." I whole heartedly disagree. "Asians are minorities, but only in America." That goes for Black, Hispanics, Latinos, etc, too. The United States is mainly white. Brazil is 50/45, there is more black and mixed than there is white now. Black Washing and White Washing are BOTH bad. Not because "racial deletion", but because most of these people are doing it out of malice. For fame. For money.

[@chocolatemilkshake1251]

facts!!

[@lesborashomon8979]

hm I never thought of this ! thank you for telling me this. ( just the what effects do their race have on life part )

[@fyloeru]

I can see where ur coming from, but what about people who aren't doing it for these reasons 😶

[@EvaHoshizora]

@@fyloeru then you are taking away from actual black people and giving even more visibility to something that doesn't need it. Drawing Peach black will just give Super Mario Bros more fame, while drowning out something like Carole & Tuesday. Yes, sure, it's for fun. But it's still highly counter-productive if the idea is more represetation.

[@mfriz5317]

Please watch the full video she talks about this in the video. Here’s 1 time stamp were she talks about it. And she does mention it more then once. 22:25

[@literaltrash5189]

As a black poc myself, if you are doing it and claiming you’re “fixing” it then please stop what you are doing and re-evaluate yourself, but other than that I don’t have a problem with it. Literally all it is black poc artists trying to see how one of they’re favorite characters would look if they looked a little bit more like them. All they are trying to do is have fun doing some character designing and being happy that they can really and truly see themselves in their favorite character. A lot of you like to use the argument “well you’re erasing Asian poc” so firstly you guys are aware that dark skinned and black/Asian people do exist right no one erasing the Asian part just adding black into the mix, secondly most anime characters race are unidentified like we don’t know what most anime characters are. Anywho basically if the person isn’t claiming they fixed the character leave them alone lol let them have their fun like I don’t understand what is so wrong with people wanting to see themselves in their favorite characters you know just trying to be happy being in the skin we were born with. Alright I’m done I rambled to much and this comment is everywhere.

[@BaleetedUser]

Going to repost this from another reply I made that's applicable here: Totally agree. It just depends on the intent of the artist. If I automatically assume someone racebended a character just to be racist and "fix" them, then that's presumptuous at best. You can't pretend to know an artists' (as in, someone that's a complete stranger to you) intentions unless they openly admit to them. Sure you can speculate on someone's intentions, but like...using speculation as a way to assassinate someone's character--I'm thinking about zami00 in particular because I vividly remember that controversy--is severely problematic. And yeah me too: inb4 all the people start flooding in that read too much into your post / intentions and hyperfixate on particular details of what you said rather than the big picture lol

[@Jaewing]

Most anime characters are Asian, not invalidating the other points you made but seriously? It’s Asian media made for Asians by Asians in an Asian country, it’s assumed with Asian names that they are Asian in media like anime, which is sold globally more as an afterthought than the point of that media. Unless named and generally stated to be otherwise, they’re Asian! Could they use more diversity in Asian skintones and races (such as Polynesians, Thai, Malaysians) as well as people from outside japan? (African Americans, Latinas etc) absolutely! But different country, different cultural problems, and a lot of the issues and arguments with “western”/(especially American) media shouldn’t be used because a lot of them are centered around cultural issues that just... aren’t in context for other countries! Its really frustrating to see stuff like this as an Asian American because while sure we’re all trying to get our piece of the representation pie, it’s not a zero sum game, and stepping on other minorities is kinda hypocritical isn’t it? Sorry I just had to get that out there, because saying anime characters are “unidentified” race wise is just... not right. I apologize if I come off as agressive or demeaning in any way, it was not my intent.

[@GreyM900]

Actually since it’s Asian media we could presume that they’re Asian. Like black and Asian people exist but I feel like people who do this just automatically assume they’re white and don’t want to say they’re Black and asian

[@literaltrash5189]

J Grey I understand what you mean but at the same not all characters are asian literally FMAB is supposed to be centered in place related to America or England one of the two so we can immediately assume most if not all of them are white

[@literaltrash5189]

Jae no I understand completely sorry if my comment was harmful in any kind of way I did not mean to offend anyone

[@BracketsAttackets]

Things that I've noticed in regards to skin tone-washing: - It isn't a problem on its own. Most problems tend to come in regards to people claiming that they're "fixing" the characters, which just makes the artist look like an ass. - It doesn't really add to representation, considering that the original character still isn't the changed skin tone. Making OCs of those skin tones is better for representation. Now, things are going to get... _tricky._ I've noticed that in regards to darkwashing/blackwashing, a lot of the people that tend to have problems with it are non-black people of color. This includes latino/hispanic, American/Canadian Native, Australian Native, black/African American people with less-dark skin tones, the various Asian groups (i.e. not just Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, but also darker Asian groups), mixed race, and "legally colored" people. While there are people within these groups that have skin comparable to traditionally-black tones, there are also many people that don't. A lot of the cases of blackwashing that I've seen are not only Japanese characters being drawn darker, but also hispanic and mixed-race people being drawn as black because the character wasn't "dark enough," which is often seen as erasing the appearance of these groups. For many non-white people, seeing characters that are like them get lambasted by artists for not being "black enough," despite it being a black character on the lighter end of their spectrum, a mixed-race character, or a character that was never meant to be black in the first place can be seen as just as offensive as how many people perceive whitewashing and make people from these groups very angry.

[@louisalzate6185]

i feel like all this "representation in media" thing is stupid like just because a character doesnt have the same skin color like you doesnt mean you arent similar and cant relate to the character

[@mrkrabs5039]

ngl I don't see how a character's race makes them more or less relatable unless the story has something specifically about their race

[@tehhappynarwhal2602]

its just nice to see yourself represented in the media you like. and seeing a character who does look like you can help you relate to them because,,,well you look like them, especially if they go through some of the same struggles that you have.

[@mrkrabs5039]

@@tehhappynarwhal2602 that's true but I just don't feel like changing existing character's skin colors will really change how much representation black people get in the media, so ig I don't see why making a black oc for that show would be much different

[@mischievousBATS]

I completely disagree with racebending. I may have nothing against it based on the context, however making a non black character black isn't representation in my opinion. We need more original black characters. And yes I do think blackwashing exists, because its literally just making a non black character black, there's nothing more to it. I just want to have original characters. You have people drawing some random character black and people freaking out in the comments saying how she looks so much better. Of course this goes for whitewashing as well, I'm not gonna defend it. I just dislike double standards. You can call me racist and a bigot in the replies now because I know some people can't handle a different opinion.

[@user-ef5gf7kg3t]

As a black person I find it odd that when the black community draws an already existing non-black person a darker skin colour it’s cool it’s fine but when a non POC draws a already existing black character white or a different race “OMG THATS WHITE WASHING THATS BAD HOW COULD YOU” and it just get frustrating because I don’t know what’s right from wrong in this situation and I don’t know what to do and when I point this out I get immediately attacked for it

[@schemesthefox1255]

Ngl when I first read this comment I thought you were saying whitewashing was fine- but really. Double standards :/

[@halofornoobs93]

My big issue with it is if they take a character and make their skin tone darker, they don't have an issue. But if you take a dark skinned character and make them white, those same people will lose their minds. It is even more apparent in movies. People will say there is not problem with taking Ariel and casting a black actress yet if you took the Falcon and cast a white or asian actor, those people would cry racism.

[@km82708]

Dude think. Are there many Black characters in the media? There's a difference between changing the skintone of a white person (who are favored in media) in a movie or show they changing the skincolor of a black character in an already overwhelming white subject. Comments like these are very tonedeaf and Ignorant and allow a platform for ppl to be antiblack.

[@km82708]

*then

[@simplxy_lavender8086]

THIS!

[@bodypillowwaifu9941]

Over all, wonderful video, but I do have some things I disagree with. 1. "Telling people to make their own representation isn't a good argument because people have already tried, but it doesn't sell." Sure, if you're talking about television, however, it's not as impossible as you may think. We have ample platforms to share our works on. Various sites for writing, Various sites to post web comics, and various video hosting sites to host animation based stories. There are also a lot of people who are willing to invest their time in advertising. You don't need your content to be televised for it to be mainstream. Hell, look at Creepypastas. There are quite a few of them that are mainstream, and common house hold names without being televised. If people focused less on taking and race bending other people's characters for representation, and spent more time building each other up, that wouldn't be an issue. Hell, at that point, some television companies might even start picking some of those up just for the sake of making a profit. 2. "White washing has historically been for bad reasons." Im not going to say that it wasn't past, however I will bring this up. Art is subjective, what may have been true in the past, is not always the case. Some people may want to play around with different visuals, that doesn't always mean they hate the canon. There was a youtuber, a woman of color I will add, that stated there is nothing wrong with having racial head canons. And I personally agree there. You want your Black Wonder woman? Do it. You want your white Static shock, go right ahead. It's not my art therefor it's not my call to make. I personally hate race/gender bending because of the fact that I personally believe it's disrespectful to the creator, but as an artist myself, I respect that people have their head canons and ideas, and I never wish to impede on that. I do however take problem when people feel the need to condone one act, and then chew out another group for doing the same thing. I believe in freedom of artistic expression for all, not just some in certain categories and others in other categories. And that is double standards, which is another point I'll disagree with you on. Sure, you could call it partially justified double standards, but they still are, by definition, double standards, race does not suddenly erase that. 3. You mention that people who do white wash characters need to be prepared for the criticism and backlash. That's fair, but shouldn't that also be applied to the other side as well? Criticism and backlash is a part of the internet, undeniably, but there are people who act like this sort of thing can't and shouldn't be criticized, but then turn to do it to a variation of the same act. That's partly why people are so pissed, is because they see people doing something, and so they want to try and do the same thing with their own spin on it, and come to find they're being called, terrible, racist sacks of shit, and no one can say shit or defend it without being called the same in return. Either everyone should be criticized or no one at all. You can't have it both ways, or that's how more discourse comes to light. My main opinion on this? I don’t rightfully give a shit anymore. Everyone is being petty about this. I'm on the side of those who do their thing quietly, and aren't intentionally causing harm. So the actual artists on all sides. Not the people bitching in the comment sections, or in the case of the Billy and Mandy piece, the fucker who thought it was chill to "Fix" the art piece by MALICIOUSLY white washing it.

[@skullcidd]

i think we poc should, instead of having ‘blackwashing’ months, should have months like the #drawingwhileblack tag where we show off black or dark skinned original characters we created

[@sindelscat9336]

I don't think black washing or white washing is necessarily wrong, in fact I don't really find any of it offensive, it's just that taking art, and claiming that you "fixed it" is a very wrong thing to do unless the person asked for you to fix it, but other than that black washing or white washing isn't really a bad thing when it comes to art in my opinion, if that's what you want to draw a character in darker or lighter skin tones, then go for it but the thing is like you said in your video don't expect not to get criticism, which is true but what many people are forgetting this also applies to Black washing as well, and I know a lot of people are probably going to come at me for this but I honestly don't care as much as I used to.

[@BaleetedUser]

Totally agree. It just depends on the intent of the artist. If I automatically assume someone racebended a character just to be racist and "fix" them, then that's presumptuous at best. You can't pretend to know an artists' (as in, someone that's a complete stranger to you) intentions unless they openly admit to them. Sure you can speculate on someone's intentions, but like...using speculation as a way to assassinate someone's character--I'm thinking about zami00 in particular--is severely problematic. And yeah me too: inb4 all the people start flooding in that read too much into your post / intentions and hyperfixate on particular details of what you said rather than the big picture lol

[@samtaco2735]

Whitewashing and black washing aren’t the same thing. Whitewashing is done with the intent to fix a character and blackwashing isn’t. Blackwashing really isn’t the right word for it because it has a negative connotation. It’s more like reimagining a character instead of “fixing” it in my opinion.

[@sindelscat9336]

@@samtaco2735 actually that's not necessarily true, in fact the majority of people who do whitewashing are not intending to fix the character at all, that is a very untrue statement.

[@val-ou7eq]

@@sindelscat9336 I guess some people just can't draw dark skintones? But the problem with this is the message it sends when someone draws a black/dark-skinned character with significantly fairer skin. Honestly, blackwashing is really only blackwashing when they claim they fixed them, that's when it's a problemo. If someone just *re-imagined* a character as black/dark-skinned, nothing really wrong with that ofc

[@sindelscat9336]

@@val-ou7eq yes but what many people are forgetting is that neither should be offensive.

[@cynolover]

As a black girl, blacktober ain't...rlly representation....

[@bunnyrabbit102]

bangers & mash.

[@Swamesame]

It’s just a tough thing because we often make things about race and representation - and while having a balance is better than not, the reason to have it is the murky issue that’s hard to identify and hard to solve. As a black person/artist, I hope for a world where people don’t deny me anything based on race, but also that they don’t give me anything based on my race. It’s a fine line between fixing the imbalance of the past and creating a new balance. I don’t want pity, I don’t want benefits because “we need more black ____” and not because of my own merit as a person, not a “black person.” We are not far from the horrors of the past and we need to fix things (it’s going to take more than just another generation or two), I just can’t wait until race isn’t even a factor. It shouldn’t matter “how many black superheroes do we have verses white,” but I understand the current imbalance and the shift in people’s minds to try and correct that issue. A great example is that I had to preface this paragraph by revealing that I’m black as if that gives my words more merit on the matter or to avoid people seeing this come from the perspective of a non POC. It shouldn’t matter what race I am - but for better and worse, during my lifetime that’s often the first and last thing that will come to mind when people see me. As if that’s all that I am. We need more equality - yet we must be careful about patronizing the black community instead of providing them genuine respect and equality, and we need to be careful about flipping the table and making black people more important than non POC based on their race alone. We need to strive towards a world where race genuinely doesn’t matter. The time we live in is a growing pain and we are at the stage where it’s “trendy” to be progressive - and while that not ideal since for a lot of people it doesn’t come from a place of genuine respect - it is better than the past and it’s not perfect but it is a step in the right direction and I hope we can all slowly but surely make progress towards a world of genuine equality. Thank you for the video, sharing your thoughts, and being a part of the step forward. TLDR; Dont give me special treatment because I’m black and thus supposedly deserve more pity than a white. Simply give me respect because i am human, not because I’m black.

[@ohnoitsmoon6466]

Is it sad that I'm black and I dont even know what Black washing is-

[@insertusernamehere3173]

Oop. It's when someone draws a Character that is white, as black.

[@trashking471]

It's when someone takes a non black character and makes them black

[@MissRusababy]

I’m black too, and hey moon

[@ohnoitsmoon6466]

@@MissRusababy Hewoo!!!

[@ohnoitsmoon6466]

@@insertusernamehere3173 Is black washing bad!?

[@justyouraveragecatrafan8049]

I get blackwashing, it's a way to get more representation for black people which I find is pretty cool :)! I don't, however, like when people blackwash or whitewash characters and claim it's "fixing them"

[@insertusernamehere3173]

Agreed

[@Rin_skiii]

Exactly like some black people cosplay a character and people make fun of them for not being the right color... messed up!!!

[@justyouraveragecatrafan8049]

fluffycloudpuff yeah I've seen that and it sucks!! I really angers me >:((

[@blaze129]

@@Rin_skiii yeah, at my first ever con (cosplayed as Monika from DDLC) i saw some karen yelling at a darker person cosplaying a white character. i hate how the karen said that the cosplayer was racist for cosplaying that character. like seriously-

[@justyouraveragecatrafan8049]

Mia I'm so sorry for that person, cosplay is so people can have fun not be harassed by human manifestations of participation awards!!

[@kimster6978]

"I didn't know that racism was a thing until I was 6 years old" Are you serious? I literally didn't know about it until I was probably in like 6th GRADE. I had learned about it in history, but never truly understood it until 6th grade, even after EXPERIENCING it in 4th grade. Am I the only one here you managed to stay innocent for that long?

[@_jaded_ghost__6658]

I was the same except I've never experienced it. I had no clue until around 6th grade such as yourself.

[@Sinc3r3ly]

“Insecure mayo flavored goober” hm yes you’re totally not racist

[@boo-mx1yg]

I prefer dog-fucker tbh

[@defunctaccount9803]

If a person does it just for fun, then sure! But if they're doing it to be "politically correct", then it's kinda douchy

[@defunctaccount9803]

@@user-lt4ty5ij6z bro don't take it wrong. I am bad at wording. Like, go ahead and racebend but then there's people who do it to "fix" characters.

[@certifiedweirdo]

@@defunctaccount9803 they're spamming every comment's replies with the same thing, just don't bother with them

[@defunctaccount9803]

@@certifiedweirdo ah, I see

[@ratsuckerpisslord42069]

i rly love your channel because you seem like one of the more calm and collected ones, not immediately rushing to passive agressiveness and shouting

[@thedotintheletteri]

True, I kind of hate how almost every commentary art channel is insanely passive aggressive and shouts a ton.

[@ratsuckerpisslord42069]

@@user-lt4ty5ij6z jhfggfcd why do you keep saying that-

[@drewhaynes1874]

I wish people would stop calling anime characters white when they are asian.. Not that the you said anything im speaking in general when people get mad characters in blacktober have darker skin in fan arts its always "they are actually white." No they are actually asian...

[@Angel-ky3rb]

Hear me out,,, instead of redrawing existing characters we make new ones, black ones, ones that represent our culture. Just a thought

[@pretty-in-pink5816]

Blacktober, as a black person, literally sounds so FUN!! It gets tiring looking around in the real world and media and not seeing anyone who looks like you. Taking characters and adding them to your ranks is thrilling!! *_This is an example of why non-POC should not be speaking on black issues and events, simply because they don’t understand the lifestyle or struggles on a personal level._*

[@kiki-lk3gg]

I get that it sounds fun, but what if a black character is taken and given a lighter skin tone ? Is that racist ? Cause sometimes I think it's cool to see characters as different races but ion know if it's like ,, offensive or not

[@michaelmarengo2903]

Taking a white character and turning them back is fine, but calling it "fixing" the character is racist towards white people, and offensive. Its literally making the character do black face. For example, lots of the time if people see a sexualized character, they turn them black and make them fat. Thats basically saying fat black people cant be sexy, which is wrong.

[@katsama6315]

im a poc myself and i understand the struggle of dealing with racism, but idk i don't really like when people take a pre existing character and change their race. to me as an artist myself have never really found that to be appealing. Its way more fun to create your own characters, and to dress them like your favorite characters! there is more creativity in it, more expression in my eyes because it can lead to more interesting discussion around your own characters, and you can build a fanbase of people who are interested in your own characters! and they aren't just there for the work of another persons design, changed to suit their own ideal of what is "right" you don't have to agree that's my view on it, as a poc artist myself.

[@riopemberton596]

@@kiki-lk3gg changing their skin tone or colour is a cool concept, not racist

[@mr.worldwide2205]

@@kiki-lk3gg the thing is light skinned and white people have had a plethora of representation, and taking a character these poc like me clutch onto and draw them lighter taps into colorism and can be offensive. Personally I don't get that offended if an individual artist does it because they don't take away from the actual show itself, however I do think its a problem when a large company or established public figure does it.

[@b.bird.]

I honestly don't care if you draw fanart of characters with darker skintone (I myself do it), but the thing that bothers me, and is genuinely an issue, is many artists post their version of these characters and claim they "fixed" them

[@bfbleafy]

You really changed my way of thinking with this video, thank you for spreading your thoughts and sharing your opinions.

[@jeanxoxo_ofc]

Anime don’t need any white or black character. It should stay 100% asian. Us southeast asians don’t even have that much representation but Black people wants to have their own Characters and Animes? As an Asian I find it really annoying and offensive.

[@spudd5832]

Everyone on yukibunn videos are always talking about the subject of the commentary or making jokes but I’m here like bruh the art is so good wtf 👀

[@ashfeatherartz]

Me preparing for the racist comments: qwq

[@lycaptain]

qwq

[@thecommie9992]

@@user-lt4ty5ij6z Why do you keep saying that? ; - ;

[@Madgamer4561]

Me preparing for the double standards: uwu

[@meowser1905]

Hate it here.

[@thischannelwillbedeletedve460]

preparing for racism

[@dollinlife]

Thank you for all these great points! And amazing art of beloved Chi as well! Just perfect. Love you Yuki. Greta art AND great arguments just make the perfect video.

[@kimsabats4331]

istg i thought blacktober was showing off your drawings of your black character drawings NOT ACTUALLY BLACKWASHING?!

[@pasupare]

coming from a black artist i don’t really see anything wrong with other artists drawing a white character as black. it’s an interesting concept, and when done right can look very nice! although like another comment said, it doesn’t create real representation. that character is still going to be white no matter how many times artists draw them as black. and there’s nothing wrong with that! what id prefer to see is original black characters, with personalities and such, to actually represent. oh, and, it’s not *fixing* either. being white is not something to be *fixed*.

[@drewhaynes1874]

Most of the time the "white" character isnt even white... Anime terms they are asian

[@siddharthnandi3995]

I agree with you.

[@totaltoons6087]

I really disagree with you, both white washing and black washing should be equally as bad as one and another, it’s kinda matches the saying ‘treat people how you want to be treated’ and thinking one is okay, is disgusting and upsets me, every human with a different race are people, and should be treated equally. Like if I said ‘oh it’s interesting to see them as white people’ that be seen as wrong, so why not the same way if you find it interesting if white people were turned black.

[@ewuvia.2061]

@@totaltoons6087 it would be seen as wrong cause of the racist history behind it

[@queenie1693]

blackwashing = whitewashing. I support BLM for EQUALITY of races, not to treat a race better than the other. Whitewashing is bad but blackwashing is equally bad. If you say that white people deserve to die or something, I would not be supporting that (not saying you basically said that, just talking about something in a situation) because no one deserves to feel like that, regardless about race

[@Tenshii_Artii]

Wtf is all of this Bangers and Mash, can someone please explain to me? Breakfast has already gone for me so I am hecking confused. That aside, this whole situation is just exhausting to deal with. If I was any younger back then in the art community, I never knew that this would have been a problem to be honest.

[@Cybo-18]

I’m wondering the same thing

[@morg2040]

it's probs someone on multiple accounts attention seeking edit; on second looking they seam to be calling anyone with a supporting option out so racists? idk

[@xjellyfishesx4004]

I saw a tiktok of someone black washing zenitsu(he's a character from demon slayer) everyone in the comments were saying how it has more representation and how he looked better. I saw a comment that said "u should turn krone(a character from tpn) white". Everyone under the comment said how it was white washing her. I feel like when someone whitewashes someone black, most people r mad and disappointed (not mad about that though) But when someone black washes someone white, people say how it more rep and don't attack it so much people seem to complain how there's barely any black rep when there's actually barely Asian rep most of the time

[@rh1nestone3yes]

Can we just leave their skin color as their skin color and cherish the actual POCs?

[@alexvalentine5091]

Can finally see the comments edit: bro that Lil Nas X x Knuckles is 👌 anyway I feel like the problem is when the artist claims to have “fixed” a character that was in no need of fixing (like Uzaki)

[@julia-mt5hi]

yukibunns, i just want to let you know that i genuinely love listening to your videos while drawing not only because of your voice but as well as the topics you bring to the table. i know i made the right choice watching you after this video, it's always refreshing to see a very empathetic youtuber. looking forward to see more content!

[@lizoeshub6490]

*Here's my 2 cents that no one asked for! :D* I don't like "blackwashing" or whitewashing only because I'm sensitive about people changing key aspects of another person's characters' appearances and personalities. My characters are precious to me. I designed them to be special in who they are. So if a fan were to change something signature about them like draw them as a different race or even write them with a dramatically different personality, it feels disrespectful to me. Almost as if the original character wasn't good enough, so they felt the need to change them. I have a deep respect for everyone's creativity so I don't feel right changing their characters. *this is a bit tangential but:* there are multiple levels on which a person can relate to a character. Sometimes I feel like people think they can't relate to a character because the character is white and they're black (and vice versa). However, there are so many other ways to relate to a character. their personality, morals, goals, family situation, schooling, hobbies, and talents. Just because a character doesn't look like you doesn't mean they're not like you at all. (But yeah, let's make more characters of color! :D )

[@absolute_elephant6917]

Your art is so pretty😍 I can't imagine how much practice it took to get to your current art style

[@Tjnovakart]

I do like how you noted that asians aren’t the minority in Japan where anime is created. If we’re talking about anime specifically, there’s a TON of Asian representation throughout the entire genre so to say they’re an underrepresented minority is an odd point to make. HOWEVER, if the same thing were being done to Asian characters in American media (E.G. Mulan and Avatar The Last Airbender) it would be more of an issue because Asian representation in American media is scarce. It all comes down to context in which a work of fiction is created, imo. When almost every single character in anime as a whole is Japanese, I feel like it’s okay to portray some of the characters as darker skinned when Japanese media is very prolific in modern culture and its ethnic representation is significantly worse than American media (which is already pretty bad).

[@kyeco]

@nano you’re exactly right and i’d wish more people would understand it. japan has little to no ethnic diversity, and with that fact they’re going to make their content relatable to the majority (which is, surprise, Japanese people) so we shouldn’t get upset over anime. it’s silly to think Japanese animators and mangakas would change their cast to appease people who aren’t even in their country. still with all of that said there should be more representation in other places, which ARE more culturally diverse. granted it has gotten better over the past couple years but it’s still far from perfect.

[@Tjnovakart]

@nano Yeah, that is true! I definitely think that no one should be required to do anything, but it would be nice to see especially considering how a lot of Japanese media had been branching out to appeal to Western markets.

[@tadashihatsudai]

I agree with a lot of your points but I don’t think the whole “they are not minorities in their own country” doesn’t really mean anything when anime is now overseas and non-Japanese people aren’t the only people interacting with the media. Japanese people such as myself find comfort in being able to consume media that originated from my motherland and tend to share it as is with non-Japanese peers. There are so many things I can relate to in anime and Japanese media in general and I sometimes like to explain the cultural nuances that don’t quite exist in the US.

[@user-nr5qp7tg4l]

i'd like to point out that asians aren't represented in western media so we asians tend to create representation for ourselves. anime is created for japanese people to relate to characters that are placed in a setting we are familiar of, it used to provide something that was lacking from a lot of western media. asian media, all from south east west north are for asians (no not just japanese, there are dark-skinned characters represented in most media here too that westerners just aren't seeing.) to enjoy because there are very little of that in the west, so taking anime characters who are established to be japanese is still quite bad than what you guys say it is. taking representation from a different minority and changing to fit yours is not gonna help anyone, if anything that just makes things worse.

[@chew7656]

@@user-nr5qp7tg4l As someone from an underrepresented Asian country, I don't understand the requests here to "Please assume an Anime character is Asian unless stated otherwise" I see a flaw in this approach. Anime is not a race. That's like saying "cartoons are white". But cartoon/anime isn't a race, It's a style. Ofc... it's safe to assume that an anime character might be Japanese. Though I read that the second most prevalent nationality (likely to also be protagonist and/or have the setting in their homeland) in anime is even British. Followed by other European nationalities (German, French, Italian) along with China/America. Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Koreans, Thai, Mongolians aren't really represented as much in Japan's anime, so how can we use the blanket term "Asian" when it's accurate to just say Japanese?

[@makya]

Yuki I remember when you only had 4k, and I am honestly so proud! It has been a wonder to see your channel grow, and you are such a big inspiration to me as an artist and a person! Congrats on 60k, keep it up!

[@cat_savage05]

Wait, I still kinda confused. In the video, they said to just have fun and do what we want and allow people to do poc versions of characters, why can people turn poc characters into a white recolor?

[@HYPER1INKED]

I think turning any character a different race is wrong, so turning a black character white wrong, turning a white character black is wrong edit: it's only okay if that character does not have a canon skin tone, as if that character is an animal and you want to see them human you can make them poc or white, but if the creators have confirmed their canon skin color then you draw them that skin color or if they have a canon race

[@emotionalembryo]

Remember the saying “treat others how you want to be treated”? If you don’t want people to whitewash your characters, don’t blackwash your characters. If there’s not enough representation of colored people, specifically in art, it’s time to create more black icons rather than reskining just because someone is white.

[@SuperVini310]

Especially when blackwashing is, to some extent, fetish art (it's a common trope in the Japanese NSFW community).

[@tehhappynarwhal2602]

@@SuperVini310 how the hell is blackwashing fetish art? what the fuck? its just redrawing a character black.

[@mdavis6398]

I was so early!! I was just pulling up soemthing to show my friend!!!!!

[@lycaptain]

OkY :3

[@cofeespear4992]

Your art is so clean and crisp and it's just so good, I wish I draw like that, my art is has such sloppy rushed lineart.

[@snarkybug4]

For me I don’t really care about “blackwashing” or black edits. As long as you do it so that you see yourself in your favourite character, and don’t call it “fixing” and do it for your own personal fun, go for it!