Katy Perry ‘Blackface’ Shoes Officially Pulled from Shelves | TMZ TV

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1. I’m black but are those shoe
   REALLY black face????

   • +aelyssa wilson I’ve seen pictures of blackface and I’m aware what it is + the history. We need to stop equating everything with a big red mouth as black face. If it was so bad how did it practically go a whole year under the radar?? I’m sure Katy has black fans (I’m not one) that went on the site and just saw a black shoe with a face on it. Would we be as upset if the lips were a different color? How about if it had no nose at all? Now that Gucci sweater, that’s something to get upset about.

   • Hailey Lewis this why so many companies get with it because like you say it doesn’t look that bad but it’s hurtful

   • +aelyssa wilson Blackface is hurtful. Everything with a face on it isn’t blackface though. I hope you’re spreading this same message under a video about those new Gucci products. I definitely hope you didn’t tune into the Super Bowl this year either for the sake of Capernick. Maybe if we could knock the blatant racism out the way, the little ones like this wouldn’t even happen or be misconstrued.

   • Hailey Lewis some big companies are doing to get attention

   • +aelyssa wilson I’m aware, and so with that being said that makes it less serious? Because they’re well aware it WILL get the attention. Isn’t that a problem?

2. They come in BEIGE aswell… But it’s still racist? What if they came in all colors?

   • +ordieloved NO. NO. NO. You said it right the 1st time. If you put out a Mammy looking piece of clothing, you can’t just throw it on another color and all is forgiven. If it looks like Blackface, IT IS BLACKFACE. Nobody, no Global Company for sure, is DUMB OR NIAVE enough to “accidentally” release something like that. Stop.

   • +Richie Famus Just saying normal ppl will not agree with you, normal ppl will not think a cartoonish black face with red lips is blackface, cause all cartoonish faces have red lips

   • +ordieloved Exactly. But some people have nothing better to do. They have the privilege of the internet to complain about everything.

   • honestly the media making this more of a issue then black people I see nothing wrong with the shoe .

   • You realize things are racist because of the history and context behind them . Black people have suffered through the sambo error is over

3. That’s not even “blackface” this is getting out of control

   • DG yes it is look up black face

   • She is actually anti-black, though

   • +LiveBig7 im black and i got this one, especially another color also, unlike that sweater lol.

   • aelyssa wilson hundreds of people disagree with you

   • DG and millions more educated people don’t

4. I’m sueing the movie Casper because it’s got a white ghost in it goddamit.

   • Bobby Dockery I’m sorry I don’t want my race on your feet

   • So,true..

   • Early days of Walt Disney was horrible with black face which explains a lot… Even tom and jerry had their moment….

   • 😂😂😂really you don’t wantg your race on his feet

   • Instead of making issues out of nothing like these shoes, or Gucci which no one can afford, do something positive in the community or help the youth. Y’all setting a bad example fr

5. Anything with red lips is considered black face now

   • Jamie Robert look up black face

   • Next will be googlie eyes

   • +aelyssa wilson DIDNT BLACK FACE HAVE WHITE LIPS AND NOT RED

   • ALEJANDRO ANGEL no they had red some pictures are black and white because of the time stupid

6. no one else is gonna acknowlege how very funny this is

   • It is funny but it also highlights how fascism gains hold on a society.

   • 😂😂😂

   • I died laughing when I saw these… I just think they ugly as hell

   • BRI-TRINITY STAR lmao

   • Jussie Smollett was attacked by racist Trump supporters who were driving the General Lee in Chicago ! This is no time for laughter !
     Are you a Racist ?

7. So the color black will be banned in the future?

   • +Trippie Juice 1400/999 do you not see the eyes and mouth on the beige shoes.

   • Cory Lynn only for the white devils

   • People are so sensitive. It’s a big difference when the definition of a black face actually is than an actual face that is black. She hade even a white face.

   • Cory Lynn Clearly you’re white!
     So your comment is irrelevant 🙄

   • kirk headley So Umm.
     I didn’t see a white shoe.
     Black and beige only.
     Are you senile?🙄

8. Those were just damn ugly. They looked line some kind of totem

9. Now I am even scard to wear black shirt!😂

   • I I You can, just make sure you don’t have buck eyes on it as well with Big Red Lips.

   • I’m cutting hole around the nipples just because.

10. outrage culture gee whiz

11. Lol people are too sensitive nowadays

    • Usually the people who are insulted. What nerve they have.

    • No just the fuckheads on the Left

    • +Dude So funny-pathetic when someone arrogantly pretends to read the minds of millions of people they do not know nor with whom they share opinions. How can that go wrong?
      Glad to see you have a fully backed and evidence-based argument, and didn’t revert to childish name-calling.

12. In this days how people are crazy. He sees racism in everything. Lack of service does in one’s life. Stop drama.

13. Those ain’t blackface…but they *are* black colored pieces trash…my gawd!

14. *You Can Cry About Blackface 24/7… IDC But We Can All Agree Them Shoes Are UGLY AF!*

    • +Jekyll Hyde *Awesome* Thanks 🙂

    • +Eric Mugerwa *You’re Welcome*

    • Yeah you stupid or on crack or just both!

    • Lmfao

    • That’s a fact hahaha

15. Floyd Mayweather bought his whole team the blackface loafers set with heels.

16. “Blackface shoes”..is this world for real? So a black background w some triangle eyes and a potato head mouth constitutes racism? Noted. Wow this world will cry over anything..smfh 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

    • +aelyssa wilson Are you offended by a black colored shoe? Shoes are racists now or is it that the shoe was made by a white, so you got an opportunity to cry foul, cause i know the black folks love to play them racist and victim card whenever it suits them.

    • In2umniaKillH3r they are black shoes with big red lips look up black face before making stupid comments

    • +aelyssa wilson The eye color of the Black shoes are incorrect anyway. The shoes overall look ridiculous anybody who would wear that would be laughed out of any room.

    • aelyssa wilson I know what “blackface” seems to mean stemming from early films and cartoons from the beginning of the 20th century…what I don’t understand is how a shoe WITH TRIANGLE EYES AND BIG RED MR POTATO HEAD LIPS IS RACIST…only black people have big lips?..let’s be honest it’s simply a black shoe with some creepy face on it…stop perpetuating racism..look up perpetuating before making a stupid comment..😘

    • Stephler because that’s exactly what black face is , black face never actually looked like or represented black people. That’s why it’s offensive . No black person is that dark or has lips that red or big buts how white people portrayed us for decades . This shoe is very tasteless

17. I don’t see what the problem is. I think the blackface masks look dope tbh… The only reason it’s such an issue is because we continue to make it an issue. It’s like saying the N word is still offensive, If we continue to say that these things are offensive, they will ALWAYS be offensive. If we truly want to change the way we think, we need to stop sugar coating things. Instead of saying its offensive to wear blackface, say its a part of our history/culture because it is. Whether you agree with it or not, the fact is, slavery/discrimination happened, we moved forward. It’s 2019. Period.

18. This is just insane 😑 how we finna move past racism if we keep being sensitive on EEVERRYTHING 😪

    • Who side you on

    • +Mister Smart im on the side of not blowing things out of proportion

    • +6’5, Give Me Some Leg Room you’re now officially banned from our culture just like Floyd you damm sellout

    • +Mister Smart lmao if that culture means dividing our people from the rest of the world than hell ya im out

    • 6’5, Give Me Some Leg Room when people stop using black face

19. And yet black people support a NFL team called the Washington Redskins. HYPOCRITICAL much?

20. This is why Trump won.

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