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There was recently a brouhaha over a cosplayer being accused of blackface for cosplaying a league of legends character named Pyke.

This cosplayer was a finalist and the competition in question removed her over it.

When I first encountered it this morning my thought was that she ultimately wins because she's getting exposure that she never would have gotten before, and most people aren't ridiculous.

That... doesn't really seem the same.

So what would be the PC way to cosplay a specific dark-skinned character when you are really light-skinned?

Black people seem to be able to dress up as white characters without using white face just fine.

Be a light-skinned Pyke. The costume IMO is the most important part. If you have the look, you don't need to put on black-face to have a killer cosplay.

that's not Pyke.

There is no PC way, that's the problem. People just need to get over themselves.

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