History Main / WhiteLikeMe

* ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' has a skit called "Das Negros" in which two black men in UsefulNotes/whNaziGermany wear whiteface and try and act white to fool an [[ThoseWackyNazis SS officer]] hunting for "Das Negros". There are also several skits in which they play characters who are white, including rednecks and Eastern European spy villains, though without any makeup.

* A ''Tank [=McNamara=]'' arc involved the "token white" on a major basketball team: terrible at the game, but they kept him because he might give hope to white children that someday they ''might'' be able to play pro basketball. Then his teammates decided he'd gone too long without a shower ... and his whiteness washed off.... When Tank interviewed him, and asked if the deception had been tough, he exclaimed, "God, man, ''you'' pretend to like Music/TheBeachBoys for six years..."

* Creator/WhoopiGoldberg pulled a similar stunt during one of her hosting of the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Awards|Ceremonies}}, where she came dressed and madeup as Queen Elizabeth I and called herself "Film/TheAfricanQueen".

* ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' has a skit called "Das Negros" in which two Black Men in Nazi Germany wear whiteface and try and act white to fool an [[ThoseWackyNazis SS officer]] hunting for "Das Negros". There are also several skits in which they play characters who are white, including Rednecks and Eastern European spy villains, though without any makeup.

* Zigzagged in Music/FrankZappa's "Music/YouAreWhatYouIs", featuring a young Caucasian [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy who starts singing the blues, talking in an exaggerated African-American dialect, eats chitlins, and uses Royal Crown pomade in his hair.]] By contrast, the young African-American stopped eating such soul foods as pork and greens, traded his dashiki for designer jeans, plays golf, and drives a Mercedes-Benz, acting like a white yuppie.

* Creator/ChrisRock gets reincarnated into the body of a rich, white man in ''Film/DownToEarth''. The "straight, lame" part is averted though. He still most definitely behaves like Chris Rock... which gets him into awkward situations.

* The black rapper Chamillionaire played a dual role as a white newsreader in his follow-up songs "Hip Hop Police" and "The Evening News".

* French rapper Kamini (who's of Zairian descent) has made a song and a video clip titled ''[[https://youtu.be/GI8ocLayq3c "J'suis blanc"]]'' (''"I'm white"''), where God turns him white. He finds quite a few advantages to the situation... except for [[TeenyWeenie the size of something between his legs]].

* Music/MichaelJackson was accused of doing this in RealLife. While it's undeniable that his skin tone started getting lighter around 1990 or so and kept getting lighter for the rest of his life, the cause is a little disputed. General consensus is that he suffered from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo vitiligo]], a skin condition where parts of his skin suddenly lose their pigment. He dealt with this first by covering the light patches with dark foundation to match the rest of his skin, but as the disease progressed this became too difficult, so he resorted to using light foundation and then eventually straight up removing his remaining pigment with creams and injections. But there were persistent rumors that Jackson was ashamed of his blackness and trying to whitewash himself -- rumors that Jackson quite resented, having always identified as black and proud of it. The rumormongers also claim that Jackson got cosmetic surgery to remove his "black" facial features, and while he ''did'' get a lot of cosmetic surgery, a lot of it was to fix actual medical problems.[[note]]He broke his nose in 1979 and had several nose jobs because the first one was botched, making it difficult for him to breathe (if you sing and dance, that's ''real'' important). His thinning face was the result of weight loss -- a combination of dietary changes, tissue damage from lupus, and the dermal filler injections for his skin tone. He also claimed he ''always'' had prominent cheekbones from Native American ancestry. The only cosmetic change that actually appeared to be for beautification purposes was a chin dimple.[[/note]]

* Some say this is what Music/MichaelJackson did around 1990 or so, which is why the cover of ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' didn't show much of his face. This was later disproven over the course of the 90's and the 2000's: Jackson's lightening skin was the result of vitiligo patches spreading over his face and body along with treatments used to even out his complexion.[[note]]He had initially used foundation matching his original brown skin tone to cover the light patches, but he switched to light foundation once the disease progressed far enough. Eventually, he grew tired of applying the foundation and began using Monobenzone (Benoquin) cream to remove his remaining pigment.[[/note]]. His thinning face was the result of weight loss caused by dietary changes, tissue damage from lupus and dermal filler injections. His first nosejob was conducted to fix a broken nose in 1979, and the ones after that were done because the first nosejob was botched (specifically, it accidentally tightened his nostrils and made it difficult to breathe through his nose as a result). The only cosmetic change that actually appeared to be for beautification purposes was a chin dimpling. Despite this, rumors still float around that Jackson was attempting to whitewash himself because he thought his blackness made him look ugly, not helped by how his sister [=LaToya=] also lightened her skin color over time. Jackson still identified himself as a black person after he lost all his skin pigment and said that he was proud to be a black person.

* Some say this is what Music/MichaelJackson did around 1990 or so, which is why the cover of ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' didn't show much of his face. This was later disproven over the course of the 90's and the 2000's: Jackson's lightening skin was the result of vitiligo patches spreading over his face and body along with treatments used to even out his complexion.[[note]]He had initially used foundation matching his original brown skin tone to cover the light patches, but he switched to light foundation once the disease progressed far enough. Eventually, he grew tired of applying the foundation and began using Monobenzone (Benoquin) cream to lighten the remaining brown bits[[/note]]. His thinning face was the result of weight loss caused by dietary changes, tissue damage from lupus and dermal filler injections. His first nosejob was conducted to fix a broken nose in 1979, and the ones after that were done because the first nosejob was botched (specifically, it accidentally tightened his nostrils and made it difficult to breathe through his nose as a result). The only cosmetic change that actually appeared to be for beautification purposes was a chin dimpling. Despite this, rumors still float around that Jackson was attempting to whitewash himself because he thought his blackness made him look ugly, not helped by how his sister [=LaToya=] also lightened her skin color over time. Jackson still identified himself as a black person after he lost all his skin pigment and said that he was proud to be a black person.

* Some say this is what Music/MichaelJackson did around 1990 or so, which is why the cover of ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' didn't show much of his face. This was later disproven over the course of the 90's and the 2000's: Jackson's lightening skin was the result of vitiligo patches spreading over his face and body along with treatments used to even out his complexion.[[note]]He had initially used foundation matching his original brown skin tone to cover the light patches, but he switched to light foundation once the disease progressed far enough. Eventually, he grew tired of applying the foundation and began using Benoquin cream to lighten the remaining brown bits[[/note]]. His thinning face was the result of weight loss caused by dietary changes, tissue damage from lupus and dermal filler injections. His first nosejob was conducted to fix a broken nose in 1979, and the ones after that were done because the first nosejob was botched (specifically, it accidentally tightened his nostrils and made it difficult to breathe through his nose as a result). The only cosmetic change that actually appeared to be for beautification purposes was a chin dimpling. Despite this, rumors still float around that Jackson was attempting to whitewash himself because he thought his blackness made him look ugly, not helped by how his sister [=LaToya=] also lightened her skin color over time. Jackson still identified himself as a black person after he lost all his skin pigment and said that he was proud to be a black person.

* Some say this is what Music/MichaelJackson did around 1990 or so, which is why the cover of ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' didn't show much of his face. This was later disproven over the course of the 90's and the 2000's: Jackson's lightening skin was the result of vitiligo patches spreading over his face and body.[[note]]He had initially used foundation matching his original brown skin tone to cover the light patches, but he switched to light foundation once the disease progressed far enough. Eventually, he grew tired of applying the foundation and began using Benoquin cream to lighten the remaining brown bits[[/note]]. His thinning face was the result of weight loss caused by dietary changes, tissue damage from lupus and dermal filler injections. His first nosejob was conducted to fix a broken nose in 1979, and the ones after that were done because the first nosejob was botched (specifically, it accidentally tightened his nostrils and made it difficult to breathe through his nose as a result). The only cosmetic change that actually appeared to be for beautification purposes was a chin dimpling. Despite this, rumors still float around that Jackson was attempting to whitewash himself because he thought his blackness made him look ugly, not helped by how his sister [=LaToya=] also lightened her skin color over time. Jackson still identified himself as a black person after he lost all his skin pigment and said that he was proud to be a black person.

* Some say this is what Music/MichaelJackson did around 1990 or so, which is why the cover of ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' didn't show much of his face. This was later disproven over the course of the 90's and the 2000's: Jackson's lightening skin was the result of vitiligo patches spreading over his face and body. [[Note]]He had initially used foundation matching his original brown skin tone to cover the light patches, but he switched to light foundation once the disease progressed far enough. Eventually, he gave up and began using Benoquin cream to lighten the remaining brown bits[[/note]]. His thinning face was the result of weight loss caused by dietary changes, tissue damage from lupus and dermal filler injections. His first nosejob was conducted to fix a broken nose in 1979, and the ones after that were done because the first nosejob was botched (specifically, it accidentally tightened his nostrils and made it difficult to breathe through his nose as a result). The only cosmetic change that actually appeared to be for beautification purposes was a chin dimpling. Despite this, rumors still float around that Jackson was attempting to whitewash himself because he thought his blackness made him look ugly, not helped by how his sister [=LaToya=] also lightened her skin color over time. Jackson still identified himself as a black person after he lost all his skin pigment and said that he was proud to be a black person.