Kooleen Call Out - Blog Posts

Thanks for the input, and now that you point it out, Kooleen saying that her apology isn't for "people [who] will continue to hate [her]" isn't good because it ignores the fact that those 'haters' include black people hurt by her comments.

And OMG if she did make jokes about black slavery before that's a yikes on bikes (Sorry I don't know the jokes in question)

SPREAD THE WORD! YOUTUBE ARTIST KOOLEEN IS RACIST!

TW: Racism/ Anti-blackness

Kooleen's a large artist that mainly makes tutorials of sorts. Her art shows large anime inspiration and she often fixes/roasts her fans' works.

But then, she tried roasting art of black characters and showed she's a blatant racist. Rin's video below contains all the proof, go give it a watch when you can.

I'll list the biggest points below:

-The thumbnail is not clickbait, Kooleen referred to black features as 'gorilla looking' while using them as an example of 'how not' to draw faces

-Kooleen 'fixed' a side profile of a painted black woman by pushing her chin and mouth inwards, also known as whitewashing

-And Kooleen mocked baby hairs on yet another drawing of a black girl, referring to them as 'eyebrows'

Kooleen is hateful: no amount of ignorance can excuse the use of phrases like 'gorilla looking'. And if Kooleen isn't going to learn how to draw black people, then she shouldn't teaching her 2 million subs how to draw black people PERIOD.

Well this aged like fine wine 🍷🍷🍷

Kooleen's a one trick pony, not even trying to learn how to draw people that aren't light skinned. She shouldn't be prasing herself as the ultimate art fixer when she's so restrictive in the type of people she'll draw. Knowing what I know now I think Kooleen has a fucking God complex, with no self awareness of where her skills in drawing different people are actually at. (NEWFLASH: She's mediocre)

Basically what “Dont draw ugly people” means and why you should never take advice from anyone who says that for anything: Draw pale skinny able-bodied people only :). Thats what it means.

 There is so much antisemitism, racism, colorism, fatphobia, misogyny, queerphobia, and ableism within societies standards of conventionally beauty, that if you focus on drawing only “conventionally attractive” people or faces that get the most likes your hardly ever going to draw diverse people. Thats bad. Dont do that.

 One of the things thats so great about art is how much it helps break these standards and show that theres beauty in everything and everyone. You can give people who might not be shown to fit that label or might not get to see themselves in media or even in real life something to relate to or feel empowered or validated by.

 Why would you not want to do that?

Pay more attention to artists that actually bother to portray those types of people, or are apart of these groups. By following and supporting artists that draw only pale skinny people your helping to push these assumptions. There are PLENTY of people of diverse backgrounds, whether through a racial, religious, queer, or disabled lens that get shoved to the side or not given the credit or praise they deserve because of this.

Support your local queer artists. Support your local (BI)POC artists. Support your local disabled artists. Support your local Jewish and Muslim artists. Support diverse artists.

SPREAD THE WORD! YOUTUBE ARTIST KOOLEEN IS RACIST!

TW: Racism/ Anti-blackness

Kooleen's a large artist that mainly makes tutorials of sorts. Her art shows large anime inspiration and she often fixes/roasts her fans' works.

But then, she tried roasting art of black characters and showed she's a blatant racist. Rin's video below contains all the proof, go give it a watch when you can.

I'll list the biggest points below:

-The thumbnail is not clickbait, Kooleen referred to black features as 'gorilla looking' while using them as an example of 'how not' to draw faces

-Kooleen 'fixed' a side profile of a painted black woman by pushing her chin and mouth inwards, also known as whitewashing

-And Kooleen mocked baby hairs on yet another drawing of a black girl, referring to them as 'eyebrows'

Kooleen is hateful: no amount of ignorance can excuse the use of phrases like 'gorilla looking'. And if Kooleen isn't going to learn how to draw black people, then she shouldn't teaching her 2 million subs how to draw black people PERIOD.