College students are under fire after using blackface to dress as Diddy for Halloween.
It’s the time of year where spooky szn lovers show off their meticulously-crafted Halloween costumes online… But every year there’s a few that just decide to ruin their reputations forever instead.
Two unnamed college students made the gross decision to dress up as Diddy and a bottle of baby oil for Halloween this year. That’s plenty insensitive in and of itself obviously, given the severity of all the stories alleged Diddy victims have come forward with. But oh baby, it’s so much worse. Because the students made the costume idea unimaginably more offensive by doing Blackface. We WISH we were joking.
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An unnamed white male wore a black blazer, a red bowtie, white pants, and Adidas sneakers, while his female counterpart dressed in a matching pink hat and crewneck with a “Johnson’s baby” oil label fastened to her chest. She also held a bottle of the substance. See a reposting of the deleted social media post (below):
https://t.co/F4diodCSlo pic.twitter.com/P4A17LgS3J
— Nick Simmons (@NorthwestNick) October 27, 2024
WOW.
On X (Twitter), users were quick to slam the overtly “racist” costumes:
“His girl is just as big of an idiot too for that costume, the baby oil jokes have never been funny”
“Didn’t even put in any real effort into it smh
“This isn’t even funny”
“Any excuse for blackface.”
“Crying bc diddy has never even put on a fit like this before, n**** just wanted to put on some blackface and be a racist idiot with his girl”
That last comment… They’re spot on! The kid’s outfit doesn’t evoke anything Diddy has ever worn. We mean… a red bowtie? What’s up with that? It’s part of the Blackface. It’s a nod to minstrel show outfits. Disgusting.
The student hasn’t been identified yet as of this writing, but it’s only a matter of time. Then he’s in for a lifetime of “This you?” posts at best — and failures of background checks for jobs at worst.
What are YOUR reactions??
[Images via MEGA/WENN]