To all the people constantly worried about whitewashing and blackwashing.
There is only one thing I really want to say, so hear me out.
It is only fair to fight for something if you believe is wrong or to support something in you believe is right.
COSPLAY. IS. JUST. FOR. FUN.
COSPLAY. IS. JUST. A. HOBBY.
COSPLAY IS SHOWING YOUR LOVE FOR A CHARACTER YOU REALLY APRECIATE, NOTHING MORE.
If you are white and you want to cosplay as a black character by painting your skin a darker colour IT’S OK.
If you are white and you want to cosplay as a black character while keeping your skin colour IT’S OK, it’s just less accurate.
If you are black and you want to cosplay as a white character by painting your skin a lighter colour IT’S OK.
If you are black and you want to cosplay as a white character while keeping your skin colour IT’S OK, it’s just less accurate.
No matter your skin, body or ethnicity, cosplay is what allows you to be whoever you want. The only boundary is your imagination.
Can we say it all togheter?
COSPLAY. IS. JUST. A. HOBBY.
Stop shaming cosplayers for doing what they like.
If a girl can cosplay a male character and vice versa, a black person can cosplay a white character and vice versa.
No matter you skin, body, gender, sexuality or religion, cosplay is all about being someone we are not in real life.
So please leave us cosplayers out of this nonsense, if you whant to argue about whitewashing or blackwashing you have more suitable people to accuse of whatever you want.