LONDON - BLACK MY BITCH UP

Photo by Max Bartram and Natalia Otero

There's nothing wrong with tailoring your look to suit the club night you are going to – we've all done it. You know, wearing some Air Max and a New Era if you are going to a grime night; really baggy snowboarding clothes and a visor beanie if you are going to a shitty drum & bass night; dressing like a sexually abused five-year-old girl for a night of psy-trance; that kind of thing.

But when we went to 90s hip-hop night Work It at the ICA on Saturday we found one woman who had maybe slightly overcompensated: she came fully blacked-up and was wearing an authentic African-style necklace. Presumably she thought this would fool people into believing she was black, which, in her twisted mind, would make her feel more comfortable. But what's with the hiking rucksack and the chemistry student glasses? They're a total giveaway that she's not black. Also, her reference points are way off if she thinks black people have yellowy-orange nipples.

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Comments

[peggles]

that girl in the background has done a really bad job of blacking herself up too.

wow.

[Matt]

What the hell kind of D&B nights are you guys going to? Or is this a case of America being so far behind with the D&B/Dubstep scene that you silly fucks just dont get it anymore?

[Matt]

What the dilly? So you super dooper cool kats are the losers turning up to D&B events like its 1998 and Goldie isnt a guest on the Gadget show?

Get with the times you horse vagina.

[Matt]

What the dilly? So you dooper cool kats are the losers turning up to D&B events like its 1998 and Goldie isnt a guest on the Gadget show yet?

Get with the times you silly scenesters.

couldn't work out which of your insults was more hilarious?

[Jay]

This kind of reminds me of those racists that dressed up to slag-off Lewis Hamilton. This girl needs beat down.

[ben]

She's an undercover operative for the Klan, you've just blown it.

[goldie]

"What the hell kind of D&B nights are you guys going to?"

dude, they are obviously just joking about going to dnb nights. although i've been to a couple in bristol which were pretty much as described.

[Mr. Ray]

The great thing about blackface is that it makes your teeth look so pearly white.

[klnlknlknl]

who'd have thought a 90s hip hop night would attract such an awful crowd

i demand fat men in puffa jackets beatboxing into their hands

[Nignog]

How can a picture be taken by two people? Someone wants to be popular me thinks.

[wha?]

Easy, one man on shutter one girl aiming the lens. We call that teamwork.

[L-O-L]

headline of the year. lol. (on the vice website anyways)

what a stupid, stupid bitch

[ehhh]

something like this could only happen in england.

[ricko]

i hate blacks

"something like this could only happen in england." yeah, they definitely don't do this stuff in Spain much...