So tattoos are racist since the “artists” don’t use white ink? I like that line of thought. Now I can say how I’m not prejudiced since I don’t have tattoos.
No–Cushites was the name for one of the dark-skinned peoples known from antiquity–they lived in Cush, also spelled Kush, an early Nubian kingdom, next south of Egypt, over 3000 years back.
Sometimes the comics and such fiction have a true background–unlike, say, the Mummy/Scorpion King series.
One of my adopted sons is black and he (sadly) loves tattoos. They actually are quite popular in the black community. I don’t care for for them but, hey, he’s of age now…
It’s just that, depending on how dark the skin is, the ink may not show up well. As mentioned, in Tropical Africa and other such populations, scarification tends to be more common.
Charles Evans Premium Member almost 14 years ago
They make you look ultra cool.
Edcole1961 almost 14 years ago
The point? That’s the thing at the end of the needle where the ink flows through.
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
They give you something to regret.
bmonk almost 14 years ago
“graffiti” is the plural of “graffito”
Oddly, pale-skinned people (like Inuit) tend to tattoos–it’s the dark-skin people, like the Dravidians or Cushites, who don’t get the point.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
So tattoos are racist since the “artists” don’t use white ink? I like that line of thought. Now I can say how I’m not prejudiced since I don’t have tattoos.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
Cushites. bmonk? We in Conan Comic?
bmonk almost 14 years ago
freeholder1 said, about 3 hours ago
Cushites. bmonk? We in Conan Comic?
No–Cushites was the name for one of the dark-skinned peoples known from antiquity–they lived in Cush, also spelled Kush, an early Nubian kingdom, next south of Egypt, over 3000 years back.
Sometimes the comics and such fiction have a true background–unlike, say, the Mummy/Scorpion King series.
craigwestlake almost 14 years ago
One of my adopted sons is black and he (sadly) loves tattoos. They actually are quite popular in the black community. I don’t care for for them but, hey, he’s of age now…
bmonk almost 14 years ago
It’s just that, depending on how dark the skin is, the ink may not show up well. As mentioned, in Tropical Africa and other such populations, scarification tends to be more common.
PercyJacksonfan123 almost 14 years ago
Yeah supersufer they make you look cool, but 23 years 15 diets and 5 kids later they dont