Just a Face and a Caption: You Are What You Hate

Just how do we get "he's anti black, but he's black himself, although hiding it/in denial/not knowing his one" from that pic, even knowing he's dressed up in a parody of the Ku Klux Klan costume (which make it seem more like Boomerang Bigot than this trope)?

And even if it's not JAFAAC, The motion blur of his arms make it difficult to tell what's in his hands (and thus, we don't know if that's a mask or not).

I don't like this image, either; it illustrates a different trope. This trope is about someone not knowing that he's in or secretly being in the group he hates. With the hood off, it's pretty hard to deny your skin color.

edited 16th Jan '14 2:04:56 PM by videogmer314

Aye, this illustrates Boomerang Bigot, and not very well in my mind.

Seconding motion to pull.

@2: Not knowing on WHOSE part? The character is blind, so he doesn't KNOW what race he is.

...wait, he's supposed to be blind? That...actually might make the pic work provided we caption it so that's clear.

Good point.

Without the caption pointing that he's blind, one can just assume he has his eyes closed.

The full example entry for those that haven't read it: ^note The image above is from Chappelle's Show, which contains an extremely literal example; in the sketch "Clayton Bigsby,White Supremacist", it is revealed that,in a twist of irony,the eponymous blind Ku Klux Klan leader is actually black (and the only reason it has gone unnoticed is because to his robes and his friends hiding his own race from him). He later becomes a Boomerang Bigot in the closing narration: In the past few weeks, Clayton Bigsby has finally accepted that he is a black man. And just three days ago, he filed for divorce from his wife. When asked why, after nineteen years of marriage, he replied, "Because she's a n****r lover".

I hate haters!◊

edited 16th Jan '14 10:20:53 PM by Paktra

In context, Clayton Bigsby doesn't know he's black.

edited 17th Jan '14 1:41:08 AM by rodneyAnonymous

The current picture could work with a caption like "appointing a blind man as their leader might not have been the best idea" or something. The picture in post #8 is probably more of a Boomerang Bigot.

edited 20th Jan '14 3:41:39 PM by Druplesnubb

Now that you mention it, Boomerang Bigot already has the "Black Klansman" for an image.

Are the too similar to risk it?

And in-universe, the current later becomes a Boomerang Bigot as well.

I don't think the similarities are enough to worry about.

Okie doke, just throwing it out there.

10's caption could work.

Sounds pretty good. I'll go with it.

Fine for me as well.

And me.

Good enough. It's up and the page is tagged; locking up.