Unoriginal Woke gets blasted.
White liberal dude thinks himself advanced and fails brutally.
And he is being murdered in the interwebs for doing blackface and “Whitesplaining” the Black life. The comments in Amazon are illustrative.
Here is a couple:
This guy bought an afro wig at a costume shop and put on dark foundation to pretend to be Black to see how that went. He was surprised when it didn’t go well. I’m so confused as to why a white man thinks he has some unique take on Blackness, so much so it was worth writing a book over. It was not. Why read this absolute garbage when you can listen to Black people when they tell you that all is not copacetic?
and
The very thought of this sounds like white privilege and hypocrisy. Though no matter what his intentions are this reeks with the smell of black face.
and this one:
A white man in black face is NOT the way to learn about racism in America. It is not groundbreaking and it is not daring. It’s offensive and gross. Black people in America tell us every day about the racism in this country. Listen to Black people. Believe Black people.
It is not groundbreaking, but I don’t believe the commenter knows why, but I shall explain: It has been done before.
I saw the movie as a kid and I could not help myself think, “how come realizes it is make up? He does not look black!”
Oh well, if it wasn’t for guys like Sam Forster, I would not have material for the blog.
Hat tip to Sean S.
