Controversial "blackface" picture-

[leaveyourpretty]

Let's have a conversation about how this picture makes us feel.

It's now going around the net and maybe we should figure out what this implies.

Comments

[leaveyourpretty]

I always tell myself that she is not perfect, so the fall from grace won’t be as painful. But I wonder about the context of this photo. The event, the people, the why of it all. I know the pic is from early summer

[neonstilettos]

Born This Way will alienate people that don’t feel equality is their battle. But here, the choice she made instead ended up making a powerful and negative statement.

There’s a part of her that is alarmingly naive at times.

Agree with this.

[starringbuttons]

yeah, same here.

[last_angel]

You can't imagine the immensity of the fuck i'm not giving about what's going on in this picture.

However, it does make me think of the whole Miley Cyrus w/the squinty asian eyes thing.

[bymonsters]

This picture doesn't make me feel anything in particular.

[duotangle]

I'm pretty sure it said it was chocolate when the article came out

[leaveyourpretty]

I believe that what they used to paint their faces is irrelevant.

[bymonsters]

And yet, if they had used purple paint instead of "chocolate", you probably wouldn't be the political correctness of it...

[bymonsters]

*be upset over

[maxvinyl]

blackface is never okay and that's that.

[deadly_sin_lust]

YES.
I find it kind of ironic and a bit hypocritical that she's posing with people with blackface and is about to release an album about LGBT equality.
I do not think Gaga is a racist, and it is quite possible that this picture is completely innocent. But honestly, it looks bad.

[schmiss]

This.