Digital blackface is a thing. Not knowing about doesn't excuse it, and learning about it can help you recognize it and avoid it.
Whiteness is uncomfortable to acknowledge and grapple with. Do it anyway.
"The power dynamics that exist in real life don't disappear just because we're hidden behind a screen." -Kumari Devarjan
Go forth, learn more, do better.
Gonna mute this now. Reminder that US racial dynamics and cultural connotations are not universal but anti-Blackness and colonization can be found just about everywhere.

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