The gun will retail between £50 and £60 ($75 and $90) and is aimed to “democratize the tattoo industry” by allowing more people access to an alternative way to ink.
I’ve talked before about racist tattoos and have often compared them to blackface.
BUT I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE AN ACTUAL BLACK FACE TATTOO.
This disappointing image is by well-known Marcin Aleksander Surowiec. You can read more about blackface online, like here or here.
Dehumanizing images like this, whether they intend to or not, help serve a much larger agenda: to perpetuate the myth that non-whites are non-human, an object that can be caricatured, or (in the case of war bonnets and, I would argue, black face) some/thing/ from a long time ago with no modern relevance. They subvert a long, rich, and diverse cultural history and help justify wage gaps, privatization of schools, mass incarceration, and healthcare inequalities people of color face the world over.
I wanted to make sure everyone saw this tattoo because of how much “post-racial” discussion there seems to be going around the internet. Racism is alive and well in every part of our culture…..
This is primarily my art blog/portfolio so i rarely reblog. I was compelled to share after seeing this image in my facebook feed earlier today. Im glad to see things like this get called out. Im bummed to see this from a really talented artist. Id like to see more conversations about problematic tattoo imagery. This is the tip of an iceberg.
This is awesome! Why is everyone so up in arms at this tattoo artist. He’s just doing his job, and the tattoo is technically well done.
Black face tattoos are not funny, or good, despite the quality of them.
yeah this was an unusual contestant who was a Chinese guy with dreads, and the producers put up a picture of johnny Depp as Capt. jack sparrow to illustrate that sailors wear dreads (because they can't wash their hair for months at a time, allarently) and...lil Wayne. he did not get a date.
