We Need to Talk About Blackface Leatherface in Dead by Daylight

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1/6/2022 Update: Hi all! I’m grateful to everyone who took the time to comment and I had some great discussions. But given the overwhelming response, I’m going to turn off comments. I’ve been incredibly distracted so I want to focus on my current responsibilities. However, feel free to contact me through any of my socials and I’ll likely be discussing this on stream later this week. Thank you for checking out the video. Socials: https://sistakaren.carrd.co
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Leatherface’s Smartface cosmetic in Dead by Daylight has been consistently weaponized by players to target Black players and content creators with racist attacks since its release in 2017. Many Black content creators, including three Fog Whisperers, have come together to share our experiences facing players using this cosmetic. We hope you’ll come away from this video understanding why this cosmetic is so harmful and why it should unequivocally be removed from the game for the safety of the Black player base.

Thanks for watching! If this video helped deepen your understanding of this issue, definitely let me know in the comments below.

Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
01:26 – What is Smartface?
04:55 – The Blackface Leatherface Experience
19:49 – Blackface Then vs. Now
24:30 – Why is it an issue now?
28:04 – Arguments and Rebuttals
29:50 – Conclusion

Special thanks to PrimeCayes ( https://www.twitch.tv/PrimeCayes ) for hosting a panel about this issue. View the panel in its entirety on his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_dd6E9Jv4

Featured speakers from the panel: Wiggle and BlackAmericanMade (https://twitter.com/ibambambigalow)

This video also features footage from episode 1 of the Sistas of the Fog Podcast from June 2020. Founded by MiladyConfetti, Sistas of the Fog is a community, podcast, and team of Black women, femmes, and non-binary content creators who love Dead by Daylight and horror. I am the artist for the team and a member of the community.

Check out our website here: https://www.sistasofthefog.com/
Watch the full episode with myself and MiladyConfetti here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEQs-dyGeXU

This video also features footage from a special episode of the Super Awesome Morning Show with your gurl, sistakaren! I will be posting this discussion in its entirety to my YouTube sometime in the next few weeks. Stay tuned, and make sure to subscribe, so you know exactly when it comes out! Special thanks to Tanibea for joining me!

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