{"id":1209539,"date":"2022-09-23T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T08:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/23\/man-on-tiktok-slammed-for-wearing-blackface-to-mock-little-mermaid\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T08:00:08","slug":"man-on-tiktok-slammed-for-wearing-blackface-to-mock-little-mermaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/23\/man-on-tiktok-slammed-for-wearing-blackface-to-mock-little-mermaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Man on TikTok slammed for wearing blackface to mock Little Mermaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n            <!-- image --><br \/>\n            <!-- content --><br \/>\n <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<h3>Joss Marchell is getting slammed by the internet after he posted a video of himself wearing blackface to mock reactions toward Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney\u2019s The Little Mermaid.<\/h3>\n<p>As if the whole racism debate surrounding Disney\u2019s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid isn\u2019t ridiculous enough, an Indonesian TikTok user waded in and thought it would be funny to do blackface amid the controversy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO :New video released in deadly shooting involving Ludacris\u2019 manager Chaka Zulu<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136829\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Man-on-TikTok-slammed-for-wearing-blackface-to-mock-Little-Mermaid.jpg\" alt=\"Little Mermaid controversy \" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"size-full wp-image-136829\"   title=\"Man on TikTok slammed for wearing blackface to mock Little Mermaid 1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little Mermaid controversy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1650190712_304_Ad-banner.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the past day, several Black TikTok users have been posting their shocked reactions to the video of an Indonesian man in blackface.<\/p>\n<p>In his hurtful clip, the man sits in front of the TV with his back turned to us, while above him the caption reads, \u201cMy daughter\u2019s reaction to the little mermaid trailer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p>When Ariel, played by Halle Bailey, comes on the screen, the man turns towards the camera with his face plastered by what appears to be a black mask. He then shouts, \u201cMommy! She looks just like me!\u201d before putting on a red wig.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO :NyQuil chicken challenge : What is the sleepy chicken TikTok trend?<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Mermaid Trailer <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0-wPm99PF9U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Little Mermaid - Official Teaser Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-wPm99PF9U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It appears the Indonesian TikTok user has been flagged for violating the platform\u2019s community guidelines as his account was temporarily inaccessible today. <\/p>\n<p>However, as of this article\u2019s publication, his account is back but the racist video has been removed.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s disheartening that he chose to enter the Little Merm\u03b1id discussion in the most despicable way imaginable, it\u2019s probably not surprising given that racism, while not often discussed in Indonesia, remains a problem in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch a screengrab of the video, below:<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kramamayani\/video\/7144838847833099562\" data-video-id=\"7144838847833099562\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section> @kramamayani <\/p>\n<p>and the fact that 1000 ppl saw that video and LIKED IT? what is life anymore \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d #blacktiktok #racism #racists #hallebailey #thelittlemermaid #ariel #thelittlemermaid2023 <\/p>\n<p> \u266c original sound \u2013 kamsi <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO :Devin Clark and Lyric Woods deaths: Chilling clues emerge after bodies of teens found<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read all the Latest News, Entertainment News and gossips <strong>here<\/strong>. Follow us on <strong>Facebook<\/strong>, <strong>Instagram<\/strong> and <strong>Telegram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advertisement Joss Marchell is getting slammed by the internet after he posted a video of himself wearing blackface to mock reactions toward Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney\u2019s The Little Mermaid. As if the whole racism debate surrounding Disney\u2019s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid isn\u2019t ridiculous enough, an Indonesian TikTok user waded in and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1209540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26170,697,12917,903,8482,7639,336],"class_list":["post-1209539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-blackface","tag-man","tag-mermaid","tag-mock","tag-slammed","tag-tiktok","tag-wearing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}