I’m starting to feel like we’re getting to a point where nothing is allowed. I mean, the context here, for example. She isn’t making fun of black people in any way. She’s trying to remain true to the character, who happens to be black. It would be one thing if she had done something deliberately offensive, but she’s…

Because not every country on earth follows the USA Morality guide on Racism?

In México there is no such thing as blackface. You could paint your skin bronze if trying to represent a native and no one would bat an eye.

Making fun of racial stereotypes is a whole other conversation.
In the end, if you are going for a…

Agree, the cosplayer here, did quite a good job on the makeup, if nobody would say, I would think she has black skin. Here, in eastern Europe, we have maybe about 1% of black people in the population, it’s not easy to try to appear as them, because there simply aren’t many occasions to interact with such persons, in…

No, she can’t do that. If she just wear clothes it will be whitewashing .

How come this does not go both ways? I have seen darker skinned cosplayers put on stuff to make their skin lighter if they are cosplaying white characters. 

I think we need to be careful about how we are communicating gentrification. When I read your piece, if I replaced Blacks with Whites, it easily read as a piece from St.Louis white residents wondering why so many blacks are moving in. When considering whites moving in to black neighborhoods consider these questions: