{"id":1905206,"date":"2023-03-26T20:11:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T00:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-accuses-white-people-of-digital-blackface-and-people-have-thoughts\/"},"modified":"2023-03-26T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T00:12:17","slug":"cnn-accuses-white-people-of-digital-blackface-and-people-have-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-accuses-white-people-of-digital-blackface-and-people-have-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Accuses White People Of \u2018Digital Blackface\u2019 And People Have Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-accuses-white-people-of-digital-blackface-and-people-have-thoughts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1905206&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>If white people shared memes or gifs featuring black people and expressions in order to&#8221; convey comic relief or express emotions ,&#8221; CNN writer John Blake accused them of&#8221; digital blackface.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/26\/us\/digital-blackface-social-media-explainer-blake-cec\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> that black people&#8221; get a pass&#8221; for using the most well-liked memes and gifs, but that when white people did the same, they&#8221; inadvertently perpetuated one of the more insidious forms of contemporary racism.&#8221; Blake called these phenomena&#8221; radicalized reactions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blake continued by quoting Lauren Michele Jackson&#8217;s 2017 Teen Vogue document, in which she made the case that when trying to express strong passions, people frequently cherry-selected gifs that featured black people.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson wrote,&#8221; While reaction GIFs can and do any emotion under the sun, and and non-black users seem to particularly prefer them when it comes to expressing their most inflated emotions.&#8221; Images of black individuals, especially black women, are drawn to excessive joy, anger, frustration, and occasions for episode and gossip.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the article, Blake went on to describe&#8221; modern blackface&#8221; as a&#8221; modern &#8211; day rehashing of minstrel programs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, critics had a field day with the concept when Blake&#8217;s story circulated on Twitter on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, television host Clay Travis attributed the idea to the transgender movement, saying,&#8221; I&#8217;d love to hear an explanation of how posting gifs or memes of black people online is <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">digital<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">blackface<\/span>, but dressing up in real life is noble.&#8221; Please elaborate @ cnn.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;d love to hear an explanation of why it&#8217;s modern blackface to post a clip or meme of someone who is heroic electronically, but noble if the man dresses up as the woman in actual life. Describe @ cnn. photo. twitter.com \/ fPYXF5ogDC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1640034870381428745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a>, Clay Travis(@ ClayTravis )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; CNN boss Chris Licht: I want to make CNN a place of reasonable discussions again ,&#8221; said Nicholas Fondacaro of the Media Research Center. Separate cartoons on CNN &#8220;!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Licht, the CEO of CNN, says,&#8221; I want to return CNN to a place of good conversations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CNN: Separate slang! t.co \/ pBc4ZRiqU7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1640125485886611457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a>, Nick Fondacaro(@ NickFondaCaro )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Siraj Hashmi continued,&#8221; CNN is more worried about electronic black than they are biological males wearing womanface IRL.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Compared to biological men wearing womanface IRL https :\/\/ t.co \/ XRQGpbcWay, CNN is more worried about digital blackface.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirajAHashmi\/status\/1640076025215307778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a>, siraj hashmi(@ SirajAHASHMi )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald remarked that&#8221; the modern segregationists do everything in their power to keep people divided by civilization, prevent them from enjoying happy and natural relationships, forbid themselves from appreciating the culture and laughter of others, and generally demand that they have as little in common as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The modern segregationists do everything in their power to keep people separated by race, prevent them from enjoying happy and natural interactions, forbid people from appreciating other people&#8217;s culture and humor, and generally demand that they share as little as possible: https :\/\/ t.co \/ pMXVCAf2Xr<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1640048627702792192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a>, Glenn Greenwald(@ ggreenwald )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ben Shapiro, a former editor of the Daily Wire, wrote,&#8221; When the need for racism profoundly outweighs the supply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When the supply of racism significantly exceeds the demand https :\/\/ t.co \/ CnnB3KfDDv<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1640043336647036929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a>, Ben Shapiro (@ benshapira )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Matt Walsh also contributed, noting how many people had criticized the product.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the absolute worst ratios ever? He enquired.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is this the worst percentage that has ever existed? exposure. twitter.com \/ aY6Z8q2vGy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1640087475887521795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a>, Matt Walsh(@ MattWalshBlog )<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN writer John Blake accused white people of wearing \u201cdigital blackface\u201d if they shared memes or gifs featuring black people and expressions in order to \u201cconvey comic relief or express emotions.\u201d Referring to the most popular memes and gifs as \u201cradicalized reactions,\u201d Blake argued that black people \u201cget a pass\u201d for using them \u2014 but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1905207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4640,12063,9373,9344,4370,3765],"class_list":["post-1905206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-accuses","tag-blackface","tag-cnn","tag-digital","tag-people","tag-white"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}