#rap men

Theres already the fact that Treys original design is outright blackface, but another thing is how most of the characters associated with rap and hip hop, predominantly black music genres (and generes that originate from black people, no less), are given donut lips. You could deny that this is blackface because of how the characters are given fictional skin tones while Trey is outright brown, and I wouldn't blame you? Kind of? But the thing is the association between the theming, character designs, the history behind said theming, the history of discrimination against the people behind said theming, and how that loops back around to the character designs. I admittedly don't know the entire history of reason as to why donut lips are a common character design trope (I'm literally just an 18 year old with a tumblr sccount) but At The Same Time they are so heavily associated with the fuller lips that we have to the point where the mockery and intent is clear.