Today’s new Snapchat filter has raised a few eyebrows for sure…
In case you didn’t know, the 4th April is commonly celebrated as ‘420’ or in other words, Christmas for weed smokers.
To celebrate, Snapchat teamed up with Bob Marley’s Estate to create a custom filter for the day.
While many appear to be getting a lot of LOLs out of the filter, others don’t find it so funny, with some labelling it “blackface” and claiming that it has racist connotations.
Others just think it’s a poor representation of what Bob Marley stood for, and that he is much more than just his penchant for the doobie.
.@Snapchat capitalising on 4/20 with a blackface Bob Marley filter. Stay classy. ✌?
— Tim Grimes (@timmy) April 20, 2016
So what do we think Twitter? @snapchat's 'Bob Marley' filter is effectively 'digital blackface' right? pic.twitter.com/BTq1x2lpZf
— Ant Meads (@austerityrecs) April 20, 2016
4/20, and you choose Bob Marley to be some sort of filter.
What pathetic mess is this?
The mans a legend, and you remember him for weed— س|م (@_Speda_) April 20, 2016
It's rude that they have Bob Marley filter on 4/20 he was way more then a guy who smoked weed, I hate
— _ (@XOTwigs) April 20, 2016
What do you guys think?
