0:01 Intro 0:08 - "Main call out" post 1:18 - Rebuttals 2:23 - Judge's statement 3:18 - Accusations that the cosplay was "not made by hand" 4:01 - Blerdcon statement on the cosplay contest controversy 6:06 - Reception of Blerdcon's statement 7:29 - Closing thoughts 8:22 - Outro _____ Interested in Blerdcon? Find out more here! blerdcon.com/ facebook.com/blerdcondc/
True. I like Cosplay for the make up aspect and to portray a character in the best way possible irl. But seeing as thing like this just makes me lose hope in humanity 🤷🏻♀️
"not a single variation in color", "didn't even try to make it look handmade." So she is probably a professional seamstress. How do these people think clothes are made?
Thing aren't gonna change until people like that get consequences. For example, there's an infamous gaming journalist that keeps repeating "you can't be racist against white people" and she still has her job.
It confuses me so much. Now the black population wants places/ zones only for them? What next? Water fountains only for black and bus seats only for black? I think there was a time when this was the case but they weren’t happy about it. Personally don’t care what you are just be nice and respect personal space.
“This whole thing is annoying, but that girl doesn’t need to die” People don’t seem to realize that their actions have consequences. They start something then feign ignorance when things turn nasty and ugly. Classic Twitter
"doesn't need to die" feels extremely dangerous. she probably couldn't care less but doesn't want her name associated if something happens to her and it also implies she's okay with anything severe which doesn't result in death.
@@indrajithlal6160 that was one of the weakest condemnation of death threats I ever heard. Like yeah don't put my name on it but I wouldn't care at all if she dies. That's the tonality of her message. Seriously this people are a disgusting hateful bunch. On the contrary the black anime convention organisers were dealing with the situation like polar opposite. Very professional, not excluding anybody despite their focus. And for that they get attacked.
@Joseph Joestar“There can’t be racism if there’s only one race” - Eren Jäeger probably (sorry if this was inconvenient but it just reminded me of him lol)
In today's world some people think that racism is expressing hate only towards all the other races and cultures but not white and because of that they also think that it's okay to attack white people, because it's considered defending other races by them and not harassing white people. But truly. Racism means expressing hate by every race or nationality towards any other race or nationality different to them. Also I agree with you Sand Wick. There are already many, many people who are treating everyone equally and sadly there still are and will be some intolerant people. It's just how this world is.
Twitter in a nutshell Person X says something extremely stupid. Person Y and Z says something stupid back. Person A --> W calls person X out on it and tries to argue. Person X deletes, all comments and claims he/she/it/they/them/that/Apache Attack Helicopter, gets hateful comments.
yeah most people, if something is distracting them, just stop looking at it. They don't go out of their way to type up a comment about it and list their reasonings for it lol
The judge who admitted her prejudice also said the girl won fairly. Admitting you have a preference (a prejudice) is fine if you have the strength and courage to act fairly in spite of it.
@@horusfalconPersonally, blatant racism disgusts me (racism). I hate when something racist is said and people actually genuinely believe it, because racism really just shouldn't exist. (racism)
I kinda side eyed that statement at first, but given the fact they're defending the actual winner who obviously does not fit the preference expressed shows they're willing to work past that to be fair. As long as they don't actually discriminate, preference does not pass the line into outright racism. That said, I wouldn't be comfortable spending time with that judge in a non-professional capacity solely based off of that same statement, because they're a little too close to the line for my comfort.
"Our con isn't segregated and that sucks." Sadly I've met real people like this. They don't get better. They just double down on their own shitty takes.
Being petty wont make racism less common, it just causes race wars. And while yes, most race wars have been more standing up, but now black people count as citizens, so sitting down and talking about our problems is an available solution. It may seem cheesy, but its true. Just like if youre more confident you have a better chance of success, but saying "believe in yourself" is also cheesy.
@Acolyte of Dagon im saying that the people in the video are being petty. "if were discriminated in other cons, white people should be discriminated in ours" has probably passed through more then one of their minds. And that we dont need to be petty, since now everyone of us are citizens and we can sit down and talk about problems. If someone is petty about race, it causes stereotypes. Like how people say "all white people are racist", which is ironically a racist statement.
Man I feel bad for this girl. Even the judge defending her starts a statement with "I would prefer a black person win" I'd be surprised if she wanted to go back again knowing people aren't rooting for you because you're not the color they want.
@@yesimlesbian3422 literally the people who are in charge of the event said their not going to block people out, you were not even there, if the people at the event were upset thats one thing and they weren't and would change somthing about it if they were, but their not so you have no right to speak on everyone else behave like you own the place
"Why did she as a white girl feel comfortable entering the contest in the first place" I've never seen a group this fixated on race and skin tone in my life. True racism
True. If race and skin color doesn’t matter, then why are people so pissy when someone of X race didn’t win or there isn’t enough of X skin color in the place. If it doesn’t matter, why are you so fixated on it all of the time
Yeah, it's a toxic double standard I've noticed where it wouldn't be acceptable to say if it was about black people but yet people act like it's okay to talk like that about white people. "Why did she as a black girl feel comfortable entering the contest in the first place?" Doesn't that sound terrible and awful? No one should talk to anyone like that.
@Steven 1773 agree. I live in a state full of idiots like that. I'm actually expecting a kid and will be homeschooling him. These socialists running public schools are cancer
“If we aren’t gonna be welcome in certain spaces, we need to be able to have our own.” Did… Did you just reinvent segregation? “Oh no, some places are racist, this is why we need segregation again!” We’ve gone full circle boys, MLK is displeased-
He would be appalled to see everything he worked for being undone by the very people he was trying to help. I doubt he would ever have started if he knew this would be the end result.
I'm definitely leftist but I still think this is definitely true. Yes, we should support the minority but it is a very complex issue at this stage. Before, what we had was Black people obviously being the victim, but now it's kind of grown into this cycle of insanity, where the minority grows larger and now we have 2 majorities who hate each other, but at the same time if you don't support the minority, then we have 1 majority, but this majority has total power and all minorities basically are a second majority so then you have 1 majority in control of the others and it still doesnt work. Idk
I hate how these racists assume being black gives them a sort of immunity shield to being racist, because as a black guy myself, that should not be a thing. You should be accountable for the things you say rather than using your race as a shield from criticism. Cosplay contests judge the accuracy of cosplay OUTFITS, not the individuals wearing them.
@@grimwolf485 Cosplay isn't about being as close as possible, it's about taking a character, and sorta making your own spin on them, while still at least being faithful to them, i.e: Genderbend Cosplay.
@@maxXxine0101 I KNEW IT WAS CARD CAPTOR SAKURA!!! I was so close if thinking it was Madoka magica but glad I was right. I'm more impressed it's hand made
as a white person i feel the need to say this these people do not understand the right way to behave it's a cosplay contest not ww3 why are they getting so upset it's a event that people come to enjoy let them enjoy it just because the person you wanted to win didn't that does not grant you a free pass to pile on hate on someone it's not right
Hey guys, remind me who said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
It was Martin Luther King, a black man who's dream was equality between the people, and live united as one, instead of in hatred and disgust because of their color
Dr King had a Great dream and one day our capitalist culture may become mature enough to make that dream come true , , but Big Business and Big Government don't want that dream ever coming true , because society will no longer need either one of them 😮 🏆🏆🏆😯
Honestly, their racism slowly starting to remind me of a certain ideology that was led by a certain guy with funny mustache. Unless it will include much bigger territories…
Oh big time. Lost a lot of good people in that chaos. Including one Dr. King Jr. Lot humiliation. People got hurt. Segregation on an insane level. And I'm talking "you're not allowed to drink from the same water fountain" level of segregation. Back then there was one water fountain for white folks and one water fountain for black folk. Segregated bathrooms. Churches. Restaurants. I'm glad I never lived through that. But that was drilled into me in my history classes back in highschool and it broke my heart. Still does to this very day when I think about it.
I mean if were looking at it from a historical viewpoint: Economically the black dollar was worth more back during segregation and from a community viewpoint black people were stronger and way more united before integration. Which is the reason Malcolm X was against it and was why MLK realized his mistake before his death.
These are what we like to call Social Justice Warriors (SJW) who like to prance about with their magic fairy wand of equality and shit on the white people, males, heterosexuals, and cisgendered in an attempt to raise up minorities. They generally believe that by equalizing the standing of people (I.E. shitting on majorities and encouraging minorities in every facet of life) that they have achieved equality. "Equal outcome without equal opportunity" They fail to realise that they are encouraging and actively participating in the things they seem to be so very against.
@Alex Garner This information is readily available and theres no reason to be this ignorant in 2021. You can do the research into the state of the black community before integration and why people like Malcolm X was against it on your own. Im not here to spoonfeed you easily to find information.
@@TheLilbigBlack Malcom X: “The white liberals, who have been posing as our friends, have failed us. The white liberal is the worst enemy to America and the worst enemy to the black man.” “White liberals are those who have perfected the art of selling themselves to the black man as our ‘friend’ to get our sympathy, our allegiance and our minds. The white liberal attempts to use us politically against white conservatives, so that anything the black man does is never for his own good, never for his advancement, never for his own progress, he’s only a pawn in the hands of the white liberal.” “I only cite these things to show you that in America the history of white liberal has been nothing but a series of trickery designed to make us think that the white liberal was going to solve our problems. Our problems will never be solved by the white liberal. The only way that our problems will be solved is when the black man wakes up, cleans himself up, stands on his own two feet, stops begging the white liberal and takes immediate steps to do for ourselves the things that we have been waiting on the white liberal to do for us.” “The media’s the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent look guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the mind of the masses.” “The Democrats are playing you for a political chump and if you vote for them, not only are you a chump, you are a traitor to your race.”
As a black woman myself, I’m concerned. Cosplay and winning contests shouldn’t have anything to do with race...? Even if some of the contestants didn’t win doesnt always mean that their cosplay isn’t bad. All these cosplayers did a good job.
You're absolutely right. Cosplaying is mainly about having fun and nerding it up, but there's some people that take it way too seriously. I've seen some totally awesome, movie-level cosplays that must have taken months, if not years, to complete. But, me personally, I like the simple cosplays that aren't there to impress anyone.
@@poqp5283 Their costumes are hand made. If you follow their social media’s, they give us a insight of what they do. Y’all just wanna make up every excuse. You know damn well even if that girl was black. She still couldve not had won. Her costume is self made from some damn halloween shop. The other people she was up against had SKILLS & amazing effort put into their costumes. And for the fact it’s hand made by them!
@@Ebony.Doll_Games Ok? EVERYONE put effort in it, you can’t just say she didn’t either. And “she still could’ve not had won”, well she did, why is it such a big deal to you.
@Vash theStampede Yeah I didn't understand that one either. Like if you're a judge at anything, you're supposed to be fair and not show bias. This applies under any situation involving a judge. If you show favoritism or bias, then you need a judge. That's how I see it.
@@Graveyard-Senpai I mean, the woman was being honest. why would you not want to see your kind winning and representing. there's nothing wrong for teh judge to admit this. however, she proved that despite her bias and desire (and everyone will have bias, so let's not act like true impartiality is possible) she followed protocol and fairness and awarded the person the win. don't twist their words
@Vash theStampede likely didnt want to get into the crossfire. By saying that she basically ensured that the people who were hating would be like "one of us" and therefore leave her be
Technically black people cannot be racist because that implies that they have some sort of power. But they CAN be prejudicious… Edit: please don’t come at me,I just want people to know that there is a difference between someone being racist and someone being prejudice against a certain kind of people. Edit #2: I ALSO want to specify that being prejudicious is just as bad as being racist,it’s basically the same thing but just with a bit of technicality thrown in. 😑 obviously this entire con bs is fucking bigotry.
@@thelingeringartistRacist - Adj. - prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
Why in the world does there need to be “black cosplay conventions” or “white cosplay conventions”? This is why there is still some racist people, because people won’t stop making everything about race. The fact that people had concerns about a white girl winning is literally racist.
Let me preface by saying I’m not American or into the ‘woke movement’. Black people in the US are a small minority (about 13%) and I imagine the weeb community in the US reflects this. There are a lot of cons made ‘for everyone’ and unsurprisingly, most of the people there are white. The whole purpose of something like Blerdcon is for like-minded black people to share their interest in anime. As for the cosplay competition, I doubt that all the other ‘for everyone’ cons have a noticeable number of black winners because white people are statistically more likely to win due to being the majority. I don’t know the competition this white woman was facing but in principle a con made for black people should celebrate black cosplay. Yeah her costume was excellent and maybe she was clearly better than the rest of the competition but again a black event should ideally focus on black people. She could have taken her cosplay to any other regular con and won there instead of stealing the show made for black people.
@@AttaBek1422 bruh it’s not “black people only” it’s to celebrate black cos play. The fact you said she could have went to any other con instead, makes you sound ignorant af. She can take her costume wherever she wants by her own reasoning or choice. Cosplay con is for fun, not to advertise segregation.
@@kraziscribbs4552 How exactly is a white person winning a cosplay competition ‘celebrating black cosplay’? Think about it instead of defaulting to ‘segregation’
That was straight up racism. White is still a race, and every race should be treated the same. She and others had a great cosplay and deserved winning. Very immature on how they acted to the winner.
@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis white is a race. Yes it is comprised of many different ethnicities, but that's what a race is. A race is a broad collected of ethnicities that share common ancestry and physical features.
How do people not see the racism when typing this stuff? Doesn’t matter if one color is more privileged than other, hating solely because of the color is racist no exceptions.
Because they've been trying to change the definition of Racism to mean "Power plus prejudice". Basically meaning that minorities can't be racist because "muh systemic oppreshun". But do we see these same people calling out the South African government for rounding up the minority white skinned South Africans and actually, literally calling for violence on them? No, because these Twitter parakeets are racist.
@@MegaManDied We also don't see them arguing against Affirmative Action, race based quotas for schools, or race based quotas for companies. For a group so systemically oppressed, the system sure is bending over backwards to make things easier for them.
@@ouroboroushd4788 I agree with the other person but I don't agree with what you said. Affirmative action was made because everything is black people or people of color didn't have the same privileges white ppl. So this was made so that they can have at least a equal chance at getting a good education as white people at the time. Nowadays affirmative action is used to give people in places with bad education a chance to get a good education, also this isn't given to them simply because of their race it is given to the people who actually want to put the effort into learning and will actually value the chance are being given.
I just feel sorry for the contest winner. She probably just wanted to have fun and didn't think there would be a stupid controversy over her winning. I wish her the best.
You think a white girl can walk into a black convention, take first place in the pageant, in 2021, and expect there NOT to be a shitstorm afterwards? No way Jose(pun completely intended)! All joking aside, I refuse to believe that anyone would not expect this.
It’s not even stupid it’s completely valid. She walked in as a WHITE cosplayer in a BLACK safe space and won compared to absolutely gorgeous cosplays. Some were even hand crafted compared to her who she probably bought at a dollar tree.
The judge that said that they had wished that the winner was black is disgusting. You shouldn’t wish a certain race would win anything. Everyone should have an equal shot despite their race. That’s the sort of diversifying that people should want to destroy. I really liked all of the cosplays. They were all obviously done with care and love.
Hold on a second: this judge stated her desire in the matter, but still said this person won fairly. Admitting one has a prejudice is not a bad thing if one has the courage and strength to overcome it and behave and act honestly.
she is not disgusting! its black nerd con so it would make sense if the winner was black. but she was being respectful and protecting the girl who won. idk what ur on
@@Teuwufel thats kinda mean bro... its black nerd con, and its for black nerds, it doesnt make it racist! and she was respectful, she defended her and her cosplay man!
@@ruefysh9576 Real talk, ever since BLM, all I've seen was black people being racist. 😒 It's super annoying because it's just a few making the entire race look bad.
@@chatboulon743 I wouldn't worry about all that tbh. I'm a white kid who grew up with a black family in a Mexican neighborhood and took racism all the time. I never thought "man, black and mexican people are super racist" I just realize there are garbage human beings out there no matter what race, and they'll always exist. If people look down on a specific race for someone being racist, they're very ignorant and should be ignored
It’s even more concerning imo when some people in this comment section are saying “yeah her cosplay was good and should’ve won but SHE shouldn’t have been there in the first place!” It’s disgusting that they want segregation after everyone spent the last century trying to not be Segregated lmao
This girl should've never gone to that convention. Anything with BIPOC or POC or "black" in the name is going to be a complete cesspool if you as a white or white appearing person win something, let alone show up. I feel so bad for her, and I hate that everyone has become so stupid we're starting to segregate ourselves again.
@@lucy9698 Which is why I don't wear BLM shirts.. 🤷♀️ while I absolutely agree with race equality, I did notice a lot of black folk attacking Asians during covid because Trump called it a "China virus" To me it seems they don't want equality, they want superiority.
@@lucy9698 yes, im not a POC, im white. However, i tried to defend a POC person one time and everyone turned on me and was like, "why are white people always defending blacka these days? They have no idea what we have been through" but then when you DON'T defend them, they call you rasist. Its completely messed uo nowdays.
We went full 180 in the last decades, 1950: Hating on black,women,homosexuals. 2022: Hating on White,Men,Strights People saying we improved we havent improved a bit💀
@@mr_red3 don't know what happy go lucky life you've been seeing but ever since starting collage and then uni nearly ever convo I heard was some how end up talking about how straight people are the worse, and I'm not straight I know that but my brother from another mother is a white straight male and his last project he was given less points then his partner because she's black and les even though he did more of the work. and it's not just that teacher almost all of them I've been in lessons with have at some point talked about how bad white, straights, and men are and it's fucking sickening.
@@mr_red3 Hero's got some videos of people hating on straight Genshin ships from a few years back with people using "heterot/a d", "cishet", etc as insults. Its also scattered through several other vids but those are some of the larger collections of it. Generally the behavior is usually less on surface level stuff, but the trenches of LGBTQIA+++++++ are chock full of it and unfortunately it seems to be getting more common.
@@Traincauseyes Im assuming that your saying is the character that she cosplayed. whatever skin color you have you can cosplay as any character if that character skin color is not the same skin color you have, you can still cosplay as them.
@@Traincauseyes there are hardly ever black characters in anime. Even the characters that come from other country are white so in an answer to your question, no she isn’t black. She’s Asian but most anime’s draw their characters to look white so I guess you could say she was the most authentic.
"Blerd describes POC who enjoy things nerdy & geek _regardless of gender, _*_skin tone,_*_ sexuality, etc."_ The con is supposed to be about inclusion and lifting people up, all the people hounding the girl for her race missed the point.
There's some mf in another comment's reply sexual being like "It's called a BLACK cosplay convention, a white girl winning contradicts the whole point of celebrating POC cosplayers"
Tbh that's the best answer that they would've given. After all if they just share their opinion and said the same thing as the judge at the contest said they would still receive hate and the cosplayer would still receive hate but by saying the laws and showing the different regulations and rights the twitter people can't complain since the laws are absolute.
@@idespisethisapp yep, that’s how “victims” plead. If they have no problem to complain about, they make a problem out of nothing and contradict themselves for no reason.
Man. People really be mad at a woman who made her cosplay because she's white. Honestly I thought all of them were impressive and definitely took a lot of work to make.
@@drakofox1362 Yea, I agree, the robot arm one looked pretty good. But knowing that the winner hand-made every single part of her costume is VERY impressive. Its hard to tell the craftsmanship from the images alone as well, like the arms look cool, but there could be a lot of craftsmanship issues with them that you cant see from the photo.
In all seriousness, I've never heard of Blerd and if I'm being blunt, if people feel the need to have an event putting a specific race on a pedestal just for them to feel included and appreciated, I think there are bigger underlying issues here than someone getting annoyed that a person of another race got appreciated at one of these events. Like can't we all just appreciate eachother for being human? Putting a specific race on a pedestal is only going to cause problems. I am absolutely open to discussion about this if anyone disagrees.
You’re more than entitled to your opinion. If you think the costume wasn’t good enough to win, that’s totally fine. But if you think she didn’t deserve to win based off skin color, you’re def a racist
I think her response was bad bc she said she was competing against people who had “Halloween costumes” when her shit looks like it came out of a bag straight from Amazon. Like, I’m okay with you being upset at people being racist, but don’t go after your competition and be a sore winner.
@@plugshirt1762 because she's basically not. she's just putting out a half-assed response to feign actual concern over the fact that the people she riled up are now threatening the life of a poor innocent girl
@@apoloserasu3475 yeah I know it just seemed so funny to hear someone be that non chalant about someone getting death threats in comparison to how serious the majority of people treat it. It’s obviously disgusting she would act that way but the initial reaction to was pretty funny
A perfect example happened recently. Western Twitter: "Nooo, how could Dragon Maid do something so transphobic and hurtful??" Kyo-Ani: "Kobayashi's new penis go brrrrrr" XD
@Mr Mistah i can't tell if that last part is satirical or not lol.. you had me had "systemic racism doesn't exist in america" but lost me at "we aren't meant to coexist" ???
Other than the judge, and the person speaking for Blerdcon, I am hearing this phrase in my head: "Discrimination is bad, unless we're the ones doing the discrimination."
"It couldn't have been hand dyed because there's no variation in the shades." I'm an amateur cosplayer, and even *I* know how to dye fabric consistently!
will no one question for a second why she typed: "she does not deserve to die" instead of: "she should not receive death threats"/"she does not deserve the threats/hate/harassment/etc"/etc am I the only on that finds her choice of words disturbing?
I didn't catch that on the first pass. But when others mentioned it, I realized to my horror that she actually didn't mind people threatening that girl. That's...disturbing.
It just sounds like "she doesn't need to but if she wants, she can" like what even were her choice of words. She really acting like the cosplayer girls life belongs to her and that saying that is going to make everybody stop sending her death threats because she's some person with power or sm.
Yeah, if I'm going to be honest. The sole reason I don't go anywhere is because I'm a white woman, and while I'm not as 'privileged' as a white man would be. I still am partially 'privileged'. Idk why I put quotations, but I'm scared that I would offend anyone of colour, or anybody in general. Which is why I don't go to conventions or anything of that sort.
@@spoilerwarning8383 How am I being racist? I just said I was a white woman that was way too paranoid about offending POC, or anyone in general. If you believe that girl shouldn't have won because she was white, then you're the racist one.
@@spoilerwarning8383 When did I say people were going to be offended by my presence..? I meant about what I do/say. Because I often can't make/receive offensive jokes very well. And, since you said everyone was different.. I don't know if they will be offended by what I say or not. I spend my time watching anime and playing video games. I don't know if I'm being offensive with what I say or not. Since everyone is different. It depends on who they are. And I don't want to take chances. In fact, with what you said. It would make me seem like more of a narcissist, and not a racist. Because of hiw 'People would be offended by the snow skin radiance I give off.' Like, I didn't say that. I never clarified what I meant, but you didn't have to twist my words either..
@@spoilerwarning8383 I don't think you're being a smartass. I do think it's a good question, honestly. Mainly because I never clarified my exact reason. But I don't think I'm different. I think I'm a normal over-paranoid person. Like REALLY paranoid. Which is probably why I'm such an introvert. I'm just a normal anti-social person. I honestly don't get the 'poc' thing, because technically white people are also a person of colour. Since tan is technically a color. But I'm not saying I'm scared to offend everyone because I'm 'OmiGoSh soooo QuiRRkkkyyyyyy😩👏😔😔' I'm saying it because I like to joke a lot, and most people I meet can't tell when or if I'm joking. And I don't get much social interaction anyways. Since I was 'The quiet kid' at school, and everyone kind of ignored me. I'm just saying I'm terrible at social interactions is all, and I don't know what to say in most cases.
@@Assasspen welp as a fellow quite kid and someone who goes month without talking to people except thos I work with and live with it's simple dont say the n-word or other racist slang and your good and smile while you make a joke so its easier for them to tell it's a joke atleast that's how I get through my interactions with the NPCs of this earth game :)
People like that give us black people a bad name. And it sucks cause it’s not all of us but sometimes I read comments and it’s like they start to hate us because of them.
Yeah there are those types of people in almost every group of anything, funnily enough, many of them like to throw shit around on twitter, making everyone else who is a normal human being look bad. It sucks. Luckily it's not the majority, just the few that yell the loudest.
It's sad to me, that somewhere along the way, so many people forgot that we should, to quote MLK "Judge People not based on the color of their skin, but the content of their character." Respect me, I respect you. Regardless of how you look. I dunno, it seems so simple to me...
I'm seeing that a lot now adays. I read through comments and see it more and more. Its like they want to create more racists. It's crazy. And really sad.
@@andrewp6387 I wonder something that do people even remember who Dr. Martin Luther King even is. It seem like people don’t even who he is but only are using his name for their political actions.
As someone with a physical disability my healing won't come from cutting off the legs of the abled bodied. My life doesn't improve from tearing people down. It improves by raising me up to have the same as everyone else - NOT by making everyone else sick. This attitude leads to neverending feuds and people "getting revenge on the revenge" in a cycle. Peace between people will never happen like this. Abused people abuse until someone breaks the cycle. Can't keep passing on horride attitutes. Humans will never be free that way.
Started a thread belittling the girl because she's white, continued to be a racist to the girl in the thread, even saying she shouldn't have been there simply because she's white, literally promoting rudeness at the girl then when she hears the cosplayer was receiving death threats, she said it was extreme, while she was extreme herself. Ok girl.
Yknow in situations like these I actually begin to agree with British politicians when they say you should have to actually post your personal information credentials when logging on to the internet thats directly connected with their cybercrimes units.This crap would stop reaaal fast when the possibility of you being fired, shunned, and possibly arrested.
"How can this white girl win with that store bought costume?" That's store bought?! That looks amazing compared to any other store bought costume I've seen (I know It's not bought, but it's such a discrediting thing to say to someone especially for a cosplay contest)
Seriously, people will throw around such accusations when they're jealous. My mom once entered a local fairly-small cake decorating contest with a cartoon marzipan decoration she made by hand herself (I watched her). She was unfairly disqualified because someone else in the competition started claiming her artwork was store-bought :/
@@pixelfoxshouse No shit. That's what OP is saying, Rosa Parks would be "upset" because of what she did and people are trying to bring it back like some idiot's.
Idk if I'll get flamed for this but I don't see the reason for "blerdcon" like why can't we just have a convention for everyone.... again like stated before it feels like segregation again
"You people aren't allowed here" "This is ours. You don't belong here." "She shouldn't have done that. She's not the same as us." "She shouldn't be allowed here. We don't want her kind here. She's ruining it for the rest of us." 🤔🤔🤔 Edit: I don't want anyone to go around thinking that everyone needs to act like black people have this pedestal of racial morality to uphold and that every black person should be condemned by the actions of some petulant children. If someone is racist, that's on them and not whatever it is they identify with.
This person is being racist and doesn't even realize it. Also, all that jazz with a nerd convention for a specific race/skin goes against the so called inclusivity they were supposedly fighting for during the recent years. I hate double standards with passion.
@@adenm8963 Not sure what you're trying to say. Just because "race" as a scientific category is not robust, doesn't mean the social phenomenon of racism isn't real. If you think the west is messed up now because of "racism" then just wait until they start coming after your property. (South Africa is already dealing with it)
Twitter being un-ironically racist… again. Also gotta love the judge just absolutely blasting everyone. The fact that it was sewn and DYED by hand is absolutely nuts!
I just love how these movements like feminism started as wanting to be equal to another group of people but now its about being better and belittling them.
@@terrizoop3739 since feminism has become a toxic worthless excuse for a movement, claiming to be fighting for equality? No, if you were truly against all the abhorrent shit feminists try to do these days, and even accomplish and actually gave a damn about both sides you won't be a feminist you'd be a humanist or an egalitarian. That's why. Both are toxic cess pits where people are shown at their worst, despite what _you_ may claim.
All of this movement did start and wanting equal rights and stuff, but when it gains traction, more and more toxic groups decides to join, make up new rules, then the old members just abandoned ship.
You should do a followup because this year, the convention has officially said in the rule that participants need to be black. In other words, we now have an anime con that is openly segregationist that even a Japanese cosplayer would NOT be allowed to compete.....! Irony?
I get everyone is upset and all but think about how that girl feels now, getting death threats left and right. There’s a way to construct proper criticism without telling someone to die
The people sending her death threats don't have any real criticism. They don't want her to improve. They just don't like the fact that she is white. Nothing more.
They literally didn't owe anyone an explanation. They should have just said "we chose her as the winner because her costume was great and that's the only statement you're getting from us". How hard is it to just be blunt? Grow a set.
Well, if the judges didnt confirm the outfut was hand made, she could still be getting more hate. At least she has their statements proving how her victory was clean
Because they wouldve been torn alive if they said something like that. This is a convention targeted towards POC. Who do you think are the people this event is pandering to who create a good portion of its followers? The people who care about things like Social Justice way too fucking much. And who are the people who would get VERY upset because a white person one? you guessed it, the SJW people. Like, if this was normal convention, they could get away with that. But since this is an event basically targeted towards SJW types, they have to tiptoe around their explanation because these SJW types are openly racist against white people. So they have to explain in great detail otherwise they're gonna lose a third of their customer base.
the sheer fact that a convention even exists for one particular group or groups of people, when regular conventions are already made to be inclusive for EVERYONE is in on itself racist
Why do y’all use that same ass argument when black people or other POC’s do not want to include white people in their spaces….did u ever question WHY this con was ever made? Racism ruined a lot of shit and it still is affecting everything. Let’s not act like racism just goes away when we are at certain places.
@@DaeDaesBlock You're the same guy who thinks you can't be racist towards white people. "Oh yeah, I can deny service to this white guy solely on the fact he's white, but guess what, that doesn't mean I'm a racist because I'm black!!😛😛😛"
@@stupididiotmcgee2318 Seriously! In Arabic you don't say white or black. You say for example n-word as black. Here it is not even an insult and thats how it was for a long long time. It is not to discriminate against black people and I am defeintly not insulting you because I am saying your race but all the snow flakes out there are making me say Black the colour translated as black rather than the official text book translation for the race group. Like what...?
As a non American I *really* don't understand this need for self-segregation. To me this is absolutely antithetical to what black people in America have been fighting for. But what do I know.
As a black american, I don't know either. Ever since that George Floyd event happened things have been getting more tense between all races in america and for some reason everyone wants to blame white people for it even though many of them did nothing wrong. It's like they no longer want equality. They just want white people to feel bad for being born white.
As a non American as well, I completely agree that the situation on this is very poorly evolving and reaching a state of near-comical results. Where is the equality in all these behaviors ? These people certainly aren't showcasing such a thing, and it seriously needs to change.
As a Californian who's against the genuinely bad police but supports good police members (unlike those idiots who want to defund them all when it should be de-militarization instead (defund=/=demilitarization AT ALL!!!)), I agree this all makes no sense at all, is getting ridiculous, and is honestly getting rather frustrating too. It doesn't matter what skin color you are, you can either be a racist or a victim, and white people can be victims too. Hell Europe had white slaves for a very long time, it's not an America-only thing at all! I wish those guys were never allowed to come into power, nor have Trump get to be a candidate in the first place, cause he was the perfect scapegoat to treat all white folk like dirt like he was sadly... And these woke guys and actual scumbags they accuse everyone of being both just keep feeding into each other and constantly doubling down when everyone tells them to stop in an endless vicious cycle...
@@tiredghost395 It’s a small vocal minority demanding superiority to be handed to them. It not even a race thing at its core, it’s a select group of antagonizers using race to kick a hornets nest, as the subject of race has been such a divisive and segregating subject in this country since the beginning. There’s never been any real attempt to see all races as one people in this country.
"we have our own thing and it cant just be ours" funny words from the people demanding that everything gets bent out of shape in order to include them...
Imagine talking trash about someone's cosplay when that person probably spent hours making that costume only for someone to go "hey that looks ugly" "Also your not allowed to win because your white"
hey, sorry i don't want to be *that* person but it's you're. just replying this because you might be a non english speaker (like me lol) and grammar might be hard
@@martaolim3715 just because i dont take the time to correct my spelling does not mean im a foreigner. And i hate it when the grammar police come to tell me to correct my shit because they have a problem with it when you can tell exactly whats supposed to mean.
The fact that they have a segregated convention itself is already really dumb, especially considering nerd culture isn't really something that's ever been super unwelcoming to people regardless of race. Beyond that conventions aren't really "safe spaces" to begin with. It's not a cry closet, it's a place where a bunch of people who like a thing go to appreciate that thing together. It's supposed to be an event where anyone who likes the thing can gather and have fun with it. There's never been a need for race to matter with it and forcing segregation onto it and trying to make it racial seems super racist to me
The part that disgusts me the most is that there is a whole seperate group for nerds of colour. It is BS that black people aren't welcome in nerd spaces, nerds don't care about skin colour. You don't need a seperate space when the space already existing is welcome to all.
Some of these people get offended over anything. They are creating issues out of think air. No wonder there will be a separate POC group cuz they feel "oppressed ".
Nerds can surprisingly racist. A lot of people treat Black cosplayers like trash for dressing up as characters who are light-skinned or Asian characters, despite the fact that white cosplayers dress up as Japanese characters all the time. Don't get me wrong, I believe there is a "home field advantage" to cosplaying characters who have your skin tone and body type, but that doesn't mean we should bully fat cosplayers, crossdressing cosplayers, short cosplayers, dark-skinned cosplayers, or scrawny cosplayers.
Lol you can not gate keep just because youre asian, i know its supossed to be some joke but its just dumb and are you even an anime/manga/novel artist, and that Asia is not only japan so if youre not from japan is even more stupid
@@matsunokimanta8811 i’m not from japan, yet i still find it funny. everyone has a different sense of humor and you’ve just gotta accept that, so i would prefer if you would kindly refrain from calling them stupid.
I remember this one time, I was playing a game on roblox (specifically gacha online). There was this underaged child in the game with a 2018 style avatar and a.. concerning description, to say the least. They went up to me and called me “hot”, which was kinda concerning, so I just said thanks. Later on-(don’t worry this is going somewhere)- later on, they went up to me again and asked if I wanted to date. I declined as that sounded weird. A few minutes later, the roleplayer asked if I was white. I said yes. They decided to go like “eww I hate white people” and stuff like that, harassing me for a straight half hour. The fight escalated to the point where tons of other people joined in and went on my side - the funny thing is, the kid also said that they were purely Chinese with dark skin. They said that their avatar was dark skinned because of that. Moral of the story: Racism can happen to anyone. So don’t let it.
I can understand why the con puts more of the focus on black cosplayers + figures, and I understand the founders intent. But by doing that, it'll breed a superior complex and caress racial egos amongst some people as exemplified from Twitter (not surprising). The judges and founders just seem to brush off their controversies like its nothing and let this manifest even more. Honestly I wouldn't even want to go there and consider the con an accepting community. No matter how people continue to say "Were not segregating people away, you can come if you want". All I can say is this Con is metaphorically a double edged sword
It kind of kills me that we had all these years in history where we believed people could be inherently "better" than others and thus were justified in wanting segregation, then we had years of people wanting to end segregation and have people just be themselves, and now we're back to segregation again. It's been said before, these people are devolving as a "society."
"You need to let US join! You're gatekeeping!" "You need to change things for US!" "You're not welcome here, this is OURS now! We're Gatekeeping you out!" Every time. Every time.
fr, like I don’t think they realize that “racism” is discriminating based on race. No loopholes, no “but, if..”. Simply segregating based on race is racist.
History is repeating itself: "Why did she, as a white girl, feel comfortable entering that contest?" "Why did he, as a black man, feel comfortable entering that white only bar?"
@Insert vulgar word here They definitely could have worded it better, but I think you're being extreme to assume that this commenter doesn't want black people to have anything.
@Insert vulgar word here I don't want safe spaces to exist. It's still segregation if it's for black people only. I want equality and color to not matter. If it was only this convention, fine. But if you look, it keeps repeating. People aren't allowed to say black only words, they aren't allowed to have black only hairstyles, they aren't allowed to be discriminated against because only black people can be discriminated against. This convention is just another example. If you wanted only black people to win then only let them participate. Don't get mad when another race wins since you were supposed to be the all inclusive ones. I only gave an example(a quite extreme one, yes) with the white only bars, but it was in support of black people. Since that practice was disgusting, alienating black people from parts of society. And nowadays, creating black only conventions literally puts accent on race, so the people who are supposed to break the barriers of race are the ones fueling the flames of the conflict, since when a person who didn't have the color they wanted won, they were the ones that went ape-shit. The people who are supposed to be "all inclusive". Yeah, right. Bunch of racists.
@Insert vulgar word here if it's only 'Poc' there why would they want other races to accept them that makes no fuking sense u can't exclude urself and still ask for acceptance that makes no sense
