Forum - View topicINTEREST: Cosplayers Celebrate Black History Month with #28DaysOfBlackCosplay
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Shenl742
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Maybe black anime fans don't think they need to fit a stereotype? Maybe they think they should be free to cosplay as whatever they want? Maybe expressing your fandom transcends race? Maybe being able to be a black anime fan, and being free to cosplay as whoever they want, however they want, without anyone judging them, or worrying about how much "sense" it makes, is a small part of their personal Black History. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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And by that logic white people who are not Japanese should stop cosplaying as Japanese characters right? Americans should only cosplay as American characters in anime. Perhaps it would make more sense to celebrate equality and just leave it at that. Moving on, I have to say that Stacker Pentacost cosplay as amazing. I had seen photos before of him but I am still amazed. Not just at the amazing cosplay itself, but also his apparent attitude to not let being in a wheelchair stop him. |
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roxybudgy
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I don't think that's what they meant at all. Rather I think what the other poster meant to say was that cosplaying as 'black' characters would be an appropriate way to celebrate black history month because it brings attention to those characters. Like how you might eat okonomiyaki at Japanese culture day, as opposed to spaghetti bolognese made by Japanese people. Or have lion dance at Chinese New Year, instead of Chinese people dancing to the polka. |
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Agent355
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I actually thought that would be the focus of the hashtag, too, but: 1. It's a depressing reality that there are relatively few characters of color in genre fiction (including American/Western comics, anime, manga, video games, etc) 2. People should be able to cosplay whomever they want in general. I've seen grown men with prominent facial hair dressed as fairy princesses. I saw a woman that shaved her head to cosplay Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender. I've worn pink tights and gone to a con as Princess Bubblegum, myself. The only rule for Cosplay: why? Why not! |
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KENZICHI
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It's not like these cosplays were done FOR the month of February. They've been around and this is only to feature amazing black cosplayers in our community. Not that there's that many black characters to cosplay anyway... But why cosplay as characters we might not have a connection with anyway just because it's black history month? |
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Freyanne
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This is a really nice and neat idea! I really wish something like this was around back when I was a teenager.
I'm not sure if it's still like this (I haven't really kept up with the cosplay community these last some-odd years) but I know at least some years back, I (as an African American female) would get, for example, much more flack if I were to cosplay as Boa Hancock from One Piece than if one of my best friends (Caucasian/white female) were to cosplay as Yoruichi from Bleach. Heck, a long time ago when I wanted to get into cosplay, I've even had friends tell me I couldn't/shouldn't cosplay certain characters because I was black, and that discouraged me from even wanting to try until a year or two ago. |
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kevinx59
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Man, that Pacific Rim cosplay is impressive. He kind of looks like Idris Elba too. I also like the Barret, Viera, and the red girl at the top. Oh, and the Superman and Wonder Woman look totally kick ass.
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enurtsol
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Though Japanese girls were doing it not too long ago! 
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FlyGuySempai
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YES! Its great to see my people cosplaying anime characters, especially with all the ignorance that goes on in the actual community. This is really cool.
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Kadmos1
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Cyborg 008 from Cyborg 009 would be an interesting person to cosplay as.
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