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Thompson defines blackfishing as “when White public figures, influencers and the like do everything in their power to appear Black”.
Blackfishing creates a “dangerous paradox”, Thompson added, as
it enables white people to participate in black culture without taking on “the full experience of Blackness and the systemic discrimination that comes with it”. Writing for The Guardian, author and activist Mikki Kendall described blackfishing as feeling “like blackface, albeit a version updated for the digital age”.
Pre-emptively placing this on page one, along with a much needed sign for everyone in the coming pages....
We've had more than enough discourse back and forth on the matter.