“Blackface de carlito” meme: meaning, origin and epic card

What does the “Blackface de carlito” meme mean?

Blackface means painting one’s face to caricature a Black person, a practice widely seen as racist. The meme points to the controversy that grew from this video and is often used as a reference to a past scandal catching up with someone. The topic is sensitive: the phrase mostly reminds that old content can resurface and be judged by today’s sensibilities.

Where does the “Blackface de carlito” meme come from?

Carlito, real name Raphaël Carlier, born on 30 August 1986, forms the YouTube duo Mcfly et Carlito with Mcfly. In 2021, a video he had posted in 2014, then deleted, was shared on Twitter, showing him in blackface. Accused of racism, he apologized publicly and said he regretted the act. The duo stated that they share antiracist and inclusive values. The episode was widely discussed on social networks, and his name remains tied to this controversy in humorous references.

1. 2014The video is posted, and later deleted.
2. 2021It is shared on Twitter and Carlito apologizes publicly.

How to use the “Blackface de carlito” meme

• Bring up the controversy as an example of old content resurfacing.
• Comment on a debate about creators’ public apologies.
• Recall the subject in a discussion about old online posts.

The “Blackface de carlito” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 2372
Rarity	Epic
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3507
Recycle value	20 MemeCoins (60 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@zizibit93

How to get the “Blackface de carlito” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Blackface de carlito comes out of the Memes FR pack as an epic card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 20 MemeCoins.

The reprint of the “Blackface de carlito” card

The “Blackface de carlito” card was reprinted as Legendary (No. 3,010). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was epic. Its face reads “Reprinted card · Higher rarity”.

Every printing is dealt in the packs of the Memes FR pack, each at its own rarity: the higher it is, the rarer the card is to pull. Copies of the first printing already pulled stay as they are, and any printing counts toward completing a set.

MyMemeCards reprints a meme when it deserves more than the rarity of its first printing, such as a classic that became iconic after it came out: the reprint gives it a place among the most sought-after cards without taking anything from the players who already had it.

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