The Real discuss social media influencer and model Emma Hallberg for blackfishing on Instagram

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The Real panel discuss the recent controversy of social media influencer & Instagram model Emma Hallberg who has been accused of “blackfishing” in order to gain followers and endorsements. Some may ask, what does that exactly mean? A quick online search summarized it like this, “The general point of blackfishing is for a female of European

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[snovasam]

That’s a fake tan. And anyone who actually gets dark from the sun naturally would be able to point that out. The fact that she even tried that excuse

[whysogayprop8]

And the lip injections and the light perm in her hair to get those teased curls.

And the darker than any natural tan make up that she is using.

Tryna steal them black coins.

[foreverxromance]

this girl and the rest of her ilk know exactly what they're doing. i can't wait for the whole ig baddie look to be done with.

[beysactingcoach]

There’s literally video of this girl putting on Nutella foundation after putting on concealer that matched her skin.

These women don’t want to look black the way I look black, they’re not trying to emulate my 4C texture or my negro nose nostrils - they want to play into the exotic aesthetic that glamorizes European features.

[helders]

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[sluttyroyals]

The contrast between those two pics is always so staggering. I know she’s said that she just tans deeply and uses foundations to even out but she was being posted on mixed IGs and never came out to say otherwise.

[didia1]

but why does the media let Ariana slide?

[doriiansz]

Mte

[foreverxromance]

seriously. someone needs to call her ass out like yesterday

[totteringg]

I think people just really love her at the moment. I feel like she gained a whole lot of goodwill after the Manchester bombing (deservingly so because she handled it really impressively) and though she seems to me to be doing a lot to lose all the goodwill she gained, I don't think that's a popular opinion.

Eventually she'll probably do something really dumb, people will turn on her and everyone will act shocked that we let her get away with it for so long. She seems to be getting darker by the day.