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Digital blackface describes the practice of people who are not black using black imagery or language to represent themselves or claiming to be black when they are not. Individuals may be deliberately deceptive for specific purposes, or may be adopting stereotypical mannerisms and imagery because of their perceived exoticism or 'coolness' in what historian Michael Millner calls "a fetishistic fascination with blackness."

Criticism
The tactic has been used to create a false impression that there is support in black communities for a particular concern or movement, as when a white woman was caught using the pseudonym 'LaQueeta Jones' to show support for a musician involved in a racial controversy. It is also used to reinforce stereotypes, as in various campaigns created on imageboards such as 8chan and elsewhere to create large numbers of accounts impersonating black women and portray them as coarse, uneducated and angry.

Examples

 * "Thug Kitchen," a formerly anonymous vegan food blog whose authors affected AAVE in their posts. They were eventually revealed to both be white and a controversy ensued, particularly surrounding the word 'thug,' a word frequently used against black men.
 * A Snapchat filter that created an overlay over users' self portraits that added a hat and dreadlocks reminiscent of Bob Marley, as well as darkening their skin in a more literal example of the term.