But the life cycle is coming to a close. The meme is following the path of all Internet memes from “something a clever person made up” to “something less clever people noticed” to “something non-clever people started repeating,” to the final death ...
But here is the difference: When white people paint themselves in black/brown/redface, it is making a mockery of the systemic and systematic oppression these groups of people faced and still face. Blackface is taunting; it’s the big kid on the playground that took your ball and is poking...
Stephen Johnson is a Staff Writer for Lifehacker where he covers pop culture, including two weekly columns “The Out of Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People are Getting Wrong this Week.” He graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Writing, Literature, and ...