White guys will cosplay as absolutely anyone to get the “real” experience but never bother just try talking to someone. Wanna know the black experience? Why go through the trouble of finding a black person and listening? Wanna see what it like to be a woman? Step in here with our stylist.
Like, we could just listen to people. I’m pretty sure most of them would tell us. It seems way easier to than this.
I get your point, but there is something to be said about walking a mile in another man’s shoe. Experiencing it yourself will always be more impactful.
People suck at reporting on their experiences. Like, good luck knowing what garlic bread is like without eating some. “Oh just ask someone who’s eaten garlic bread. White men never LiStEn”
White guys will cosplay as absolutely anyone to get the “real” experience but never bother just try talking to someone. Wanna know the black experience? Why go through the trouble of finding a black person and listening? Wanna see what it like to be a woman? Step in here with our stylist. Like, we could just listen to people. I’m pretty sure most of them would tell us. It seems way easier to than this.
I get your point, but there is something to be said about walking a mile in another man’s shoe. Experiencing it yourself will always be more impactful.
But none of them will tell him: “did you know we have to wait in line for our coffee?”
Nobody says they love me during the day.
This has nothing to do with anything you’re talking about.
People suck at reporting on their experiences. Like, good luck knowing what garlic bread is like without eating some. “Oh just ask someone who’s eaten garlic bread. White men never LiStEn”
It’s 8am and I’m craving garlic bread now
Because blackface will cause me new issues that I chose not to experience.
I actually agree with you, but I also don’t think it’s realistic to expect people to be “real” around a celebrity.