[identity profile] yeats.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
the worst is when tumblr "artists" try to edit pictures of african players, and all kinds of unfortunate racial implications appear:

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ARTIFICIALLY DARKENING A BLACK PLAYER'S SKIN IS CREEPY. STOP DOING IT.
Edited 2011-08-16 01:59 (UTC)

[identity profile] sumrndmgrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Why would you even....

Where is my raul meme pic when I need it lol

[identity profile] yeats.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
because you're not focusing on that, you're focusing on the other (lighter-skinned) player and you're fucking with the levels to make it more dramatic...and then manolito comes out looking like little black sambo. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Little_Black_Sambo)

fucking terrible. and it happens to other players, too -- adebayor was just the one i remember best.

[identity profile] piratesswoop.livejournal.com 2011-08-16 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
what the fuck...............................