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[–]Sarge_McBeans 607 points608 points ago

His name is Malik Agar deputy chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, in case anyone was wondering who he was.

[–]Chicken-n-Waffles 123 points124 points ago

I'm guessing he can't manufacture Vitamin D at all.

[–]LoftyDog 338 points339 points ago

He can't do something because his skin color??? That's racist man!!!!!

[–]Thydamine 24 points25 points ago

Essential nutrients and shit.

[–]StuporCollider 1406 points1407 points ago

IT'S MORE FAVORABLE BECAUSE IT MAKES HIM LESS BLACK, SEE

[–]thedrinkmonster 200 points201 points ago

Exactly. Darkness is unforgivable.

[–]StuporCollider 84 points85 points ago

Nice double-down there

[–]dirice87 152 points153 points ago

why you gotta bring up kfc dude....

[–]maybeiambatman 77 points78 points ago

Chicken aint done nothing but be delicious

[–]ImSamuelJacksonBitch 33 points34 points ago

I've always said, if you want to avoid extinction, do as the chickens do... BE DELICIOUS.
- Colbert

[–]awhitekid 17 points18 points ago

It makes it so his teeth don't also look black

[–]giverofnofucks 298 points299 points ago

No, that has nothing to do with it!

And here he is in extremely favorable lighting

[–]Aids_by_Google 34 points35 points ago

You can have him in any colour as long as its black

[–]bo87 215 points216 points ago

Dat straight up ignant, man.

[–]Mathlete86 51 points52 points ago

*mang

[–]TheCuntDestroyer 92 points93 points ago

He's not Mexican.

[–]j0a3k 6 points7 points ago

*mayne?

[–]livication 40 points41 points ago

Pretty sure the man in OP's picture has been desaturated in Photoshop to make him look literally black.

[–]CalebEX 20 points21 points ago

Queue the Almost Politically Correct Redneck...

[–]mrbooze 14 points15 points ago

When that guy gets on an elevator, Yaphet Kotto inches sideways.

[–]skyswordsman 40 points41 points ago

Dude i fell out of my chair laughing like a dumbass at work. Upvotes.

[–]Haven[!] 37 points38 points ago

I think his name is Moqorro.

[–]Disco_Drew 28 points29 points ago

The night is dark and full of terrors.

[–]Nithing 6 points7 points ago

"His skin was black. Not the nut brown of the Summer Islanders on their swan ships, nor the red-brown of the Dothraki horselords, nor the charcoal-and-earth color of the dusky woman's skin, but black. Blacker than coal, blacker than jet, blacker than a raven's wing. Burned, Victarion thought, like a man who has been roasted in the flames until his flesh chars and crisps and falls smoking from his bones."

[–]CountMalachi 38 points39 points ago

"People's Liberation Movement" ... sounds violent.

[–]Omegastar19 53 points54 points ago

Not as violent as the People's Movement for Liberation, but they're a bunch of wankers.

[–]mortecouille 17 points18 points ago

Splitters!

[–]ViolenceHero 12 points13 points ago

[We are the People's Movement for Liberation!!]

[–]thename226 9 points10 points ago

Quick piece of trivia: Sudan means "land of the blacks" in Arabic. Yes, most people there are black, yes, lost of other countries in Africa are mostly populated by black people, no, Arabs aren't aware of that fact, I had to do a little research to prove it to my parents.

[–]GiantPandaCunt 409 points410 points ago

I conducted a scientific experiment and can confirm his blackocity.

[–]Softserv 112 points113 points ago

I like how the color one was erased with a small eraser and due to time constraints or whatever you said "fuck it" and went with the big eraser on the black and white one.

[–]smurfhits 69 points70 points ago

As someone who spends all day in photoshop that workflow makes my brain hurt in so many ways...

[–]yes_thats_right 43 points44 points ago

As a lazy person, me too something.

[–]GiantPandaCunt 19 points20 points ago

Lazy constraints. I got all the time in the world.

[–]Spartannia 523 points524 points ago

"How much more black can that guy get?"

"None, none more black."

[–]Pookah23 617 points618 points ago

All the others pale in comparison.

[–]gabrieloc 243 points244 points ago

I SO PALE

[–]marmz111 26 points27 points ago

And that's my cue for enough Reddit this week

[–]i_forget_my_userids 85 points86 points ago

*cue

A queue is a waiting line.

A cue is a signal.

[–]flamingfungi 20 points21 points ago

see you next week.

[–]Bojamijams 71 points72 points ago

"This was before the days of Wesley Snipes.

Back then, we was the blackest motherfuckers on the planet, according to Rick James"

[–]juice585 16 points17 points ago

Darkness is spreading!

[–]trae84 2 points3 points ago

I almost fell out of my chair laughing at this. I miss that show so much.

[–]warped_and_bubbling 13 points14 points ago

His blackness goes to 11.

[–]zingo-spleen 23 points24 points ago

"What's wrong with being racy? I mean, there's no..." "Rac-IST" "-IST"

[–]StrayNippleHair 17 points18 points ago

Whoever downvoted you has obviously never seen Spinal Tap.

[–]nick0884 177 points178 points ago

I lived in Belize for some time, the local Afro Caribbeans called guys this color "Blues". This is because their skin looked midnight blue in the sunlight!

[–]ohnastyrobo 65 points66 points ago

They actually also call really dark people "blue" instead of "black" in Sudan too. Calling someone "black" is offensive. They also call lighter skinned people yellow, or something..

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[–]pmckizzle 7 points8 points ago

when i saw the Gaelic i thought you were about to mention father ted and the really really really really really dark blue socks

[–]waviecrockett 25 points26 points ago

Yeah, "so black he's blue/purple" is something american people say too

[–]fatfaggotfuck69 4 points5 points ago

Blurple. As in, "that dude is so black he's blurple."

[–]erikerikerik 13 points14 points ago

I've also heard this, Northern California folk checking in.

[–]elanasaurus 39 points40 points ago

Texas not giving a shit

[–]HelterStupid 29 points30 points ago

Canada is a little uncomfortable about the whole thing. Black? Blue? Why can't we just get drunk and stoned, eh?

[–]SwedishSnus 2 points3 points ago

Also known as Blåneger in swedish.

[–]faggotmoose 0 points1 point ago

Am I alone in thinking dark skin is potentially really beautiful? Whatever one thinks of "African" facial features, color is a different issue.

[–]canisdormit 72 points73 points ago

Holy monochrome!

[–]yesukai 8 points9 points ago

On the plus side, pictures of him can be transmitted far easier because a 256 color gif is adequate for black and white pictures.

[–]Hekje 2 points3 points ago

How are most other people not noticing this too? Do you have to be Photoshop savvy to see that the dude is just desaturated?

I hate everything.

[–]gadaooah 268 points269 points ago

It's his lips that fascinate me the most. I kind of want to know if his tongue is black too!

Update: Do not google 'black tongue'

[–]Midnight_Skye 163 points164 points ago

Totally gonna google it.

[–]Coloredditor 50 points51 points ago

Ya, I also look down when told not to.

[–]Midnight_Skye 26 points27 points ago

Actually, I was just curious.

[–]eamantite 40 points41 points ago

WELP I just learned what Thrush is. Fuuuck that.

[–]WhoFan 10 points11 points ago

I heard that term for the first time earlier today while watching The League

[–]daemin 44 points45 points ago

Apparently, poor oral hygiene or bad diet can result in bacteria growing on your tongue, which gives it a dark hairy appearance called "black tongue."

I'm going to go brush my tongue with bleach, now.

[–]Bainemo 24 points25 points ago

You have to be a pretty fucking disgusting human being to get visible bacteria growth on your tongue.

Or have a compromised immune system. Either or.

(note: black tongue is not bacteria)

[–]walkinthecow 20 points21 points ago

I Googled it once, because I woke up one morning with a black tongue. It wasn't solid black, but enough that I went "What..the...fuck kind of horrible disease do I have????" Turns out it was from eating pepto bismol tablets in the middle of the night.

[–]BannedFromEarth 61 points62 points ago

Well... too late...searched it...

[–]DarkLoad1 87 points88 points ago

That was a risky click.

[–]uranus86 15 points16 points ago

I don't see what the big deal i.....OH GOD ABORT ABORT

[–]cold_fire149 113 points114 points ago

Dude! So, I searched it. This guy's tongue looks like it's rotting off!

[–]Zombeasy 97 points98 points ago

DON'T YOU JUDGE ME!

[–]Black_Friday_Rule 14 points15 points ago

I was just gonna fap to it.

[–]masuabie 25 points26 points ago

Oh thank god.

[–]fenrisul 2 points3 points ago

damnit; i even looked behind me to see if it was clear first.

[–]divinemomentumtruth 13 points14 points ago

His name is Cole. When he lays out in the sun, he gets lighter.

[–]schwartzchild76 4 points5 points ago

I think you're going to hell for that.

[–]Nipplemelter 7 points8 points ago

Aw, come on; it isn't that bad of a song.

[–]Luke_I_Am_Your_Otter 16 points17 points ago

[–]spaceboomer 21 points22 points ago

damn nature! you scary!

[–]PeterTheMasters 6 points7 points ago

Huh. Turned out well for me.

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[–]Sparticus2 137 points138 points ago

He could use some of this

http://i.imgur.com/aPLQu.jpg

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[–]giraffricanamerican 7 points8 points ago

Holy shit, I just read a news article and Charles Barkley wore white makeup on live TV to mock him for his white skin. That is the funniest thing I have ever read.

Linky.

[–]jesuschristthe3rd 25 points26 points ago

I'm not gonna sleep tonight.

[–]Cpl_Blaggenbogen 19 points20 points ago

Eeurgh, what is this from?

[–]Boxy310 15 points16 points ago

[–]gz33 1 point2 points ago

As soon as she hung up the phone the phone here rang.

[–]cocacholas 5 points6 points ago

Why is there a picture of Bob Costas with some lotion?

[–]spidey98 45 points46 points ago

Came expecting Wesley Snipes

[–]foltan 13 points14 points ago

we call him Darkness

[–]hudsonshell 19 points20 points ago

Always bet on black.

[–]nick9000 3 points4 points ago

Wesley Snipes is black?

[–]Cephalopodzz 16 points17 points ago

You'd think that a guy named "Wesley" would be a pasty white guy but you'd be wrong.

[–]StuporCollider 13 points14 points ago

[–]20thCenturyClocks 5 points6 points ago

No time for videos. This had better be 30 Rock or I'm taking my upvote back when I get home.

[–]StuporCollider 5 points6 points ago

You can offer provisional upvotes? That's awesome! Now I can trade in the upvotes futures market!

[–]EdgHG 23 points24 points ago

I have always wondered why they call black people black when they are really brown, but this guy is indeed black.

[–]flatFat 22 points23 points ago

That's Sudanese rebel leader Malik Agar

[–]punkdude747 206 points207 points ago

Why is this in WTF?

[–]workingboy 98 points99 points ago

Black people? WTF!

[–]montagv3 163 points164 points ago

Can't you see? This guy is, like, really black.

[–]JMaboard[!] 50 points51 points ago

I read this in Archer's voice.

[–]steveotheguide 7 points8 points ago

Babou, you fox-eared asshole.

[–]Able_Seacat_Simon 4 points5 points ago

/r/WTF(like all default subs) is super racist.

[–]auldnic 54 points55 points ago

Because reddit is now overrun with 14 year olds who haven't stepped outside their village never-mind visited another country

[–]freddiesghost 41 points42 points ago

Village? You mean suburb.

[–]Lautrichienne 19 points20 points ago

Suburb? You mean basement.

[–]shillbert 7 points8 points ago

Basement? You mean second-floor bedroom with pictures of Miley Cyrus on the wall.

[–]Lautrichienne 1 point2 points ago

Miley Cyrus? You mean Carl Sagan covered in spunk.

[–]Ledrias 3 points4 points ago

Carl Sagan? Surely you mean Richard Dawkins in a top hot and cane.

[–]freddiesghost 37 points38 points ago

Racism?

Yes numbnuts, saying WTF because someone is black is racism. Deal with it.

[–]nomopyt 13 points14 points ago

Disappointed in how far down this is. It's 2012, people. People come in all shapes, shades, and sizes. Let's not WTF someone's skin color.

What's next; WTF, no epicanthal folds?!?!?! gasp

[–]Kenpochad 107 points108 points ago

He's not black, he is blurple

[–]HD5000 19 points20 points ago

My black co-worker once said that, really dark black people are "BLUE BLACK" and that they are so black that they're purple.

[–]Fap_Slap 13 points14 points ago

I can confirm this. My black room mate calls them blue black.

[–]brutalsun 13 points14 points ago

That has got to be fake. The shirt just throws it all off. I've seen blurple, excuse the term, and I've seen some down right dark americans of african descent, but never, ever have I seen someone that was so dark that they were the embodiment of the absence of light.

[–]BD2600 41 points42 points ago

..like a struck match!

[–]killerb54 56 points57 points ago

This guy is his own shadow

[–]alkapwnee 6 points7 points ago

It reminds me of those chocolate donuts that are in those entenmann's assorted donut boxes of 6 lol...

[–]MagnusExcelsior 713 points714 points ago

Apparently, it's racist to say the colors you see. It's cool in Kindergarten, but after that, watch your ass.

[–]tablloyd 936 points937 points ago

I think it's only racist because its in /r/WTF

[–]CryoGuy 603 points604 points ago

Which brings us to the next topic on the agenda: this post does not belong here.

All in favor?

EDIT: The court is now in recess. Anyone up for some 4square?

EDIT 2: The dancing lobsters are set to arrive within the hour.

Knock Knock

[–]tablloyd 90 points91 points ago

Aye!

[–]kclanton54 55 points56 points ago

Aye Aye Captin! OHHHHHHHHHH...

[–]annfro 42 points43 points ago

...who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

[–]Linz1995 87 points88 points ago

[–]Tsenraem 8 points9 points ago

Malik Agar, thanks to BP.

[–]zShwagg 6 points7 points ago

Aye

[–]Big-Baby-Jesus 127 points128 points ago

I didn't downvote it because I thought it was racist. I downvoted it because it didn't remotely make me say "WTF?". He has very dark skin. So what.

[–]burnblue 49 points50 points ago

Well I'm black , way darker than most black Americans (and thus free from the ongoing "PC" urge many white folks have in dealing with blackness), yet this man's pigment struck me as extraordinary. Men that black are not common as far as OP knows, so he said WTF

[–]syphradic 21 points22 points ago

maybe the wtf factor is the OP thinking Where the fuck can I put this image.

[–]Eylisia 19 points20 points ago

I was also wondering why it wasn't in pics.

[–]Bout_It_Bout_It 27 points28 points ago

I actually deliberated over this but i think that if someone was as pale as this man is dark, it'll also be WTF worthy.

Also you have note the exotic factor. Unlike a very very pale person (which is still seen as unusual even among caucasians), a very dark person is simply more foreign.

In general, we should chill out.

[–]Garamor 54 points55 points ago

Funny story about that... in Kindergarten(or Senior Kindergarten, can't remember) we were having our play day, where the older grades made minigames for us youngins' to play around and have fun with.

As usual I was with my friends and we were being typical boys fooling around, laughing and having a good time, while waiting in line for a certain minigame. With that, we started poking fun at people calling them silly names that made us laugh because they were silly. So my turn came around and I called this girl a "Poo Poo head". Well she was genuinely upset, and told on me, and so I was ready to face the consequences, it's not like I did anything majorly 'WTF'... right?

Wrong. So she told on my teacher, and for whatever reason I was brought inside, had my mom called down all because this girl was black. Now let's rewind a bit here... I'm between the ages of 5-7, and have no idea why everyone's so upset that I called her a "Poo Poo head". I've called my sister this before, and my parent's weren't overly concerned so what was the big deal?

Apparently that's racist. Regardless of age, you can't describe someone if it makes sense, even though at the tender age of 6 I wasn't thinking about that at all, I was thinking about how funny "Poo Poo head" sounded and how my friends would laugh at that. So I'm balling my eyes out when my mom gets to the school because I know I'm going to be getting some punishment when I get home.

And that's when the teacher said that I can't call her that because it's racist... I had never heard that word in my life, and had no idea how sensitive the topic was, but alas I got over it in a couple of days, and refrained from using the words "Poo Poo head" ever again.

[–]ass_kicker32 30 points31 points ago

This story is more WTF than this picture

[–]SpruceCaboose 18 points19 points ago

Two things genuinely confuse me. First, what is Senior Kindergarten? Second, how do grown adults think "poo poo head" is in any way racist?

[–]NoNeedForAName 7 points8 points ago

Story aside, what is "Senior Kindergarten"? Where I'm from (US) it just goes preschool --> kindergarten --> 1st grade, and on up from there.

[–]jonbowen 18 points19 points ago

There are some seriously sanctimonious douche nozzles on this thread.

[–]I_I_II_III_IIIII 9 points10 points ago

I'm all about acknowledging Reddit's racist tendencies, but like honestly this guy has a unique skin tone. If I saw the "whitest person" someone had ever seen, I wouldn't think twice about the implications of it. If it's peculiar, it's peculiar.

[–]SEGnosis 54 points55 points ago

[–]kuranosuke 60 points61 points ago

Looking at the shading around his eyes and teeth, as well as the color scale in the rest of the image, it appears this image has been deliberately filtered and masked to create that effect on his skin.

Here is another images of him from a different source and his skintone is nothing like the OP picture.

[–]chodechugging 23 points24 points ago

[–]Hotrootsoup 7 points8 points ago

He is going to absorb that man's blackness, and become even darker.

[–]devila2208 45 points46 points ago

That picture isn't that different than the OP. :-/

[–]doghousers 2 points3 points ago

Except for the important difference that kuranosuke just described

[–]ArecBardwin 5 points6 points ago

In he new picture he is clearly a dark brown. In OP's picture he's just straight up black.

[–]ohnastyrobo 2 points3 points ago

I'm not sure about South Sudan, but in Sudan the lighter the better so maybe his opposition did that?

[–]cinderful 3 points4 points ago

Agreed - there is no warmth in his skin, no color in his teeth or eyes (except one corner) which is highly suspect given all of the other photos of him. And he's wearing a perfectly grey shirt? Bullshit.

[–]7fingersphil 5 points6 points ago

I went to high school with a kid that was maybe not this dark but pretty damn close, and I kid you not his girlfriend was an albino white girl with damn near white hair the palest girl I have ever met. He used to tell people that if they had kids they would come out grey.

[–]joinpanda 12 points13 points ago

Black level: Liquorice.

[–]whatnoidunno 21 points22 points ago

Why is this under "WTF", dude?

[–]Creole_Bastard 4 points5 points ago

Karma whoring to Redditors who have a) never left their basement and/or b) have subtly racist tendencies.

[–]TheWorstFish 11 points12 points ago

Shouldn't be on /r/wtf

[–]roremc 34 points35 points ago

Why is this in WTF? He's black get over it.

[–]divorso 3 points4 points ago

darkness everyone DARKNESS

[–]Kaiosama 1 point2 points ago

So... when can I expect the whitest man I've ever seen to appear in /r/wtf?

[–]ImSpicy 3 points4 points ago

"My monochromatic friend."

[–]enforcetheworld 25 points26 points ago

"OH MY GOD THAT IS SO RACIST"

click

"Huh. Yep."

[–]Patrico-8 18 points19 points ago

How did a poorly photoshopped imaged with slightly racist connotations make it to the front page?

[–]ImSamuelJacksonBitch 8 points9 points ago

Listen Patrick, quit trying to keep the black man off the front page.

[–]Excessive_Combustion 23 points24 points ago

19th Century Reddit

[–]earthcadet 12 points13 points ago

That's amazing! It's a beautiful shade of skin. Diversity in color and physical features are so cool. I love this world.

[–]papadop 23 points24 points ago

Do you people seriously live under a rock? Never seen a National Geographic before? Never seen an African immigrant before? How does this have 1300 upvotes?

[–]Creole_Bastard 10 points11 points ago

Do you people seriously live under a rock?

You are asking Redditors, after all.

[–]Draggedaround 6 points7 points ago

Das purple.

[–]nivar 4 points5 points ago

[–]ROELtja 1 point2 points ago

Why the fuck is this in /r/WTF?! Serioulsy?!

[–]godlesspinko 55 points56 points ago

This isn't remotely WTF.

There are millions of people who are thazt shade of black, most of them in Africa.

The real WTF is how sheltered the OP is.

[–]fenderlite 7 points8 points ago

A black person.... A MOTHER FUCKING PICTURE OF A SINGLE BLACK PERSON ON R/WTF! That's it! I'm packing my shit and moving over to r/spacedicks!

[–]ng_plus 4 points5 points ago

why the fuck is this on r/WTF?

[–]homeboy5925 6 points7 points ago

oh god look at this black guy ISNT HE WEIRD?!

what the hell reddit

[–]RAGING__LONER 7 points8 points ago

How is this WTF? Racist much?

[–]Mossbreath 6 points7 points ago

Wow you guys. Just wow.

[–]macspinnaker 3 points4 points ago

I'm trying to figure out why "The blackest man I've ever seen" is on the front page. Forget about racism, because anyone who states that is simply being over-sensitive. My question, why? Who cares? Why the upvotes? That's like: "this guy is the whitest dude ever," or "the piniest pine cone I've ever seen." What a banal posting. Yep, he's black. Whoop de fuckin doo.

[–]Sarahmint 7 points8 points ago

WHERE IS THIS FROM? His skin is beautiful.

[–]jusu 2 points3 points ago

Looks really cool. Too bad that it also looks like photoshop.

[–]BayouLife 5 points6 points ago

we have found the perfect assassin.

[–]WhosWhosWho 6 points7 points ago

Why is this in r/WTF?

[–]David1337 2 points3 points ago

There is no disparity between the color of his hair and the color of his skin.

[–]Ghost_to_me 0 points1 point ago

This dude looks like the black Ewok leader from SW.

[–]Cheekiestfellow 0 points1 point ago

The only black man I've ever seen FTFY

[–]DrunkWizardSailor 0 points1 point ago

Navy Black

[–]jon__snow 0 points1 point ago

There are a lot of people in Africa who have that skin tone...

[–]Islanduniverse 2 points3 points ago

Why do we call brown people black and pink people white?

[–]richiewww 1 point2 points ago

He is very black. not sure about the subreddit, though.

[–]hellointernet81 1 point2 points ago

I've seen blacker

[–]dan8889 0 points1 point ago

Just Imagine how black he was 10 years ago without the grey in his hair.

[–]road_kill_ryan 1 point2 points ago

Darkness!!!

[–]usedtowork 1 point2 points ago

DARKNESS EVERYBODY!

DARKNESS IS SPREADING!

[–]bigfunkychiken 0 points1 point ago

This can't be real..

[–]florentgodtier 0 points1 point ago

This amount of blackness is usually reserved for the cock of the blackest of black(s/people).

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

Two seconds later the sun came out from behind a cloud and he turned into Carrot Top.