In honour of Black History Month, cosplayers across social media platforms are participating in #28DaysOfBlackCosplay, including Instagram star Kiera Please.
The 21-year-old Virginia native has taken the Internet by storm with her cool costumes, and we're not just talking about the time she did Storm from X-Men. Whether she takes on anime or American cartoon characters, her ability to transform into any of the famous characters she chooses is truly awe-inspiring.
Kiera is participating in a hashtag challenge created by fellow cosplayer Chaka Cumberbatch that aims to break down racism in the cosplay community. The challenge is a celebration of multiracial talent and promotes equality and inclusion for everyone interested in cosplay, especially young people of color who may otherwise feel unwelcome. Check out her best cosplay looks so far below!
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Melpomene From Hercules
Wow she is beautiful :-) She makes even more beautiful Melpomene than the original :-)
Kida Nedakh From Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Well... Turns out I am not as heterosexual as I thought I was when I started this article. Sweet!
Hermione From Harry Potter
J.K approved both black H in stage play and white H in the films. Take a leaf from her, it's irrelevant.
BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN THAT HERMIONE IS WHITE: The books never say, they just say she has brown eyes and bushy hair
The Hermione from the books could easily be black, or be anything but Caucasian for that matter. She makes for a beautiful Hermione, fitting the vague descriptions well (after she corrected her teeth after the failed polyjuice elixir mind you)
In the stage play approved by the original author of the Harry Potter books Hermione is black.
kickass hermione, honestly. love the books and she looks on point, i can totally see her now when i read it again :P
Although I think this Herminone is anazing!! And Black Herminone should so be a thing, it does say in the books 'Herminone's white face was sticking out from behind a tree' so make of that what you will, I just think JKR was trying to get brownie points when the majority of her cast is white. Either way this woman looks amazing!
*Hermione *amazing (my phone decided to make me even more dyslexic than i am)
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Honestly, the 'black' Hermione (as people flipped out for the casting in the play) looks SO much closer to the description in the books!
I actually thought she was black when I read the books, so this makes so much sense.
I actually thought Hermione was black until the movies came out anyway. This makes way more sense to me.
Also, when i hear/ read the words 'trust me im NOT a racist' 9.9 times out of ten it's followed up with a racist comment
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Actually she is per the new book and play. JK never said she was white in the books the movies did
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How the f**k is it racist? Please stop before you humiliate yourself and your loved ones further.
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Nani Pelekai From Lilo & Stitch
Beret Girl From An Extremely Goofy Movie
Chel From The Road To El Dorado
Garnet From Steven Universe
Korra From The Legend Of Korra
Sadness From Inside Out
Doodlebob From Spongebob
Lana Kane From Archer
Storm From X-Men
other than the hair, brilliant! would've loved if she could've matched the pic's one
Louise Belcher From Bob's Burgers
Tzipporah From The Prince Of Egypt
Penny Proud From The Proud Family
Stevonnie From Steven Universe
Lottie Person From Snotgirl
Juuzou Suzuya From Tokyo Ghoul
"Racial boundaries"? Since when? From everything I've seen of cosplay anyone and everyone is accepted, no matter their skin colour. It's fun that she's doing this, but why do we always have to bring up race?
That's not the case at all. Many Black people are discriminated against in cosplay. I've seen people be vicious about it! It should be an accepting community, but it is not always. I think most Black cosplayers have been told that they can't do it because of their skin color.
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I've never seen or heard it. I've only seen people get upset if a Caucasian person cosplay a character that's not white, some people get offened...
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Does the headline need to say she is a black cosplayer? Didn't realize it said that when I clicked the link from FB (I was drawn in by pics) but I don't see how her skin color is information needed in the title. She's awesome and her cosplays are amazing- no need to mention her race.
It's Black History Month. Personally, it's fine by me. :)
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Truth be told she looks hot in most photos. She fits perfectly in most cosplays
The part where many Black cosplayers are told they can't or shouldn't cosplay because of their skin color. It happens a lot!
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i'm indian and have dark skin and that makes me hesitant about wanting to cosplay so this just boosted my morale. :D
Racial boundaries? Really. Everything is about race. All these cartoons of different races. Where are these "boundaries " ?
I love how she's breaking the racial boundaries of cosplay that don't exist... Like damn she's not even black - I've seen white girls with a darker tan than her. It's hilarious that a lot of the characters she's cosplaying as have much darker skin that her yet she's the "black" girl "breaking boundaries". All that aside though she is actually really good.
Ive never heard of anyone in cosplay treating anyone differently for their race. Kind of an odd subject for the article to be about her race. But she has some good cosplay. That extremely goofy movie cosplay got me in love <3
breaking racial boundries by cosplaying mostly black characters? also when did race ever affect cosplay?
A lot of the discrimination comes from within the Black Community when it comes to Cosplay. Like oh that's some s**t only white people do. Why you wanna be white? I have heard this soooo many times from my own people when we dare to do anything that hasn''t been designated as Black.
Yes, racism does happen in cosplay. Check out what this woman was told... https://twitter.com/allegriana/status/834851014046015488
I like how the article doesn't specify how she's breaking the boundaries. By cosplaying and using her natural skin tone? I mean granted some of her cosplays are characters that aren't canonly black, but this isn't like some OH S**T THIS IS A NEW THING!!!! Going by this, POC cosplayers are always 'breaking the racial boundaries of cosplay' whenever we cosplay a character that isn't canonly a POC. <.<
My favorite one is sadness from inside out. I think that one was done very well and she pulled off the blue hair.
First of all good for her! Secondly what racial boundaries? Why do you have to try to twist something and wonderful and accepting as cosplay into something ugly, it's not. There are no racial boundaries in cosplay.
I don't see how she's breaking barriers or anything. I mean, her cosplays are amazing and she looks really good in them, but i don't see what barriers she supposedly breaks?
I think I'm in love with her :O 10 points for doing Tzipporah, I've never seen anyone cosplay her before
Soooo toll! Ich habe gar nicht das Gefühl, dass die Kostümen den Figuren nachempfunden sind, sondern das man diese Cosplayerin gesehen hat und dann die Figuren gezeichnet hat! Total klasse ^^*
Sooooo toooll! Ich habe das Gefühl, die Kostüme sind nicht den Figuren nachempfunden, sondern man hat die Figuren gezeichnet nachdem man diese Cosplayerin gesehen hat!!!! Total tooooll^^***
I clearly call this b******t. 1) If she is a Virginia native, she is maybe a powhatan, a nottaway, a meherrin, a monacan or a saponi, but surely not a "black" 2) Cosplayers normaly give a s**t about race, body shape or talent, I also see some handicapped people cosplaying and everyone is nice and friendly. I just speak for my european experience, but cosplayers don't think in race boundries or something like that. Maybe it's an american thing. And well, fighting racism by choosing only colored characters? Not really clever.
Usually the skin color is not important,and now suddenly it is??I see she is black,don't need to put it in the title.Not sure why there should be a boundary cross if a black person tries to dress up like some cartoon character?Wtf??
Like a lot of this cosplay stuff, I think it objectifies women in too many instances with it being too overtly sexual.
Cosplay tends to be one of those unifying and inclusive type of activities ... yes, more Blacks, women, Muslims, etc. that have marginalized elsewhere and were a minority, even in cosplay are joining the ranks, but the headline makes it sound cosplay was something only a select group of people took a part in ...
Legit question. Is nani considered black? Also, the last one didn't strike me very well. Idk just don't have the body for it.
she is considered #9A3C2B...if you want a specific classification
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And Bored Panda again in the line of racial wars. Watch on Youtube opinion of Morgan Freeman about black history month. It's cheap propaganda and anti-white war by bored banda.
"Racial boundaries"? Since when? From everything I've seen of cosplay anyone and everyone is accepted, no matter their skin colour. It's fun that she's doing this, but why do we always have to bring up race?
That's not the case at all. Many Black people are discriminated against in cosplay. I've seen people be vicious about it! It should be an accepting community, but it is not always. I think most Black cosplayers have been told that they can't do it because of their skin color.
Load More Replies... I've never seen or heard it. I've only seen people get upset if a Caucasian person cosplay a character that's not white, some people get offened...
Load More Replies... Does the headline need to say she is a black cosplayer? Didn't realize it said that when I clicked the link from FB (I was drawn in by pics) but I don't see how her skin color is information needed in the title. She's awesome and her cosplays are amazing- no need to mention her race.
It's Black History Month. Personally, it's fine by me. :)
Load More Replies... Truth be told she looks hot in most photos. She fits perfectly in most cosplays
The part where many Black cosplayers are told they can't or shouldn't cosplay because of their skin color. It happens a lot!
Load More Replies... i'm indian and have dark skin and that makes me hesitant about wanting to cosplay so this just boosted my morale. :D
Racial boundaries? Really. Everything is about race. All these cartoons of different races. Where are these "boundaries " ?
I love how she's breaking the racial boundaries of cosplay that don't exist... Like damn she's not even black - I've seen white girls with a darker tan than her. It's hilarious that a lot of the characters she's cosplaying as have much darker skin that her yet she's the "black" girl "breaking boundaries". All that aside though she is actually really good.
Ive never heard of anyone in cosplay treating anyone differently for their race. Kind of an odd subject for the article to be about her race. But she has some good cosplay. That extremely goofy movie cosplay got me in love <3
breaking racial boundries by cosplaying mostly black characters? also when did race ever affect cosplay?
A lot of the discrimination comes from within the Black Community when it comes to Cosplay. Like oh that's some s**t only white people do. Why you wanna be white? I have heard this soooo many times from my own people when we dare to do anything that hasn''t been designated as Black.
Yes, racism does happen in cosplay. Check out what this woman was told... https://twitter.com/allegriana/status/834851014046015488
I like how the article doesn't specify how she's breaking the boundaries. By cosplaying and using her natural skin tone? I mean granted some of her cosplays are characters that aren't canonly black, but this isn't like some OH S**T THIS IS A NEW THING!!!! Going by this, POC cosplayers are always 'breaking the racial boundaries of cosplay' whenever we cosplay a character that isn't canonly a POC. <.<
My favorite one is sadness from inside out. I think that one was done very well and she pulled off the blue hair.
First of all good for her! Secondly what racial boundaries? Why do you have to try to twist something and wonderful and accepting as cosplay into something ugly, it's not. There are no racial boundaries in cosplay.
I don't see how she's breaking barriers or anything. I mean, her cosplays are amazing and she looks really good in them, but i don't see what barriers she supposedly breaks?
I think I'm in love with her :O 10 points for doing Tzipporah, I've never seen anyone cosplay her before
Soooo toll! Ich habe gar nicht das Gefühl, dass die Kostümen den Figuren nachempfunden sind, sondern das man diese Cosplayerin gesehen hat und dann die Figuren gezeichnet hat! Total klasse ^^*
Sooooo toooll! Ich habe das Gefühl, die Kostüme sind nicht den Figuren nachempfunden, sondern man hat die Figuren gezeichnet nachdem man diese Cosplayerin gesehen hat!!!! Total tooooll^^***
I clearly call this b******t. 1) If she is a Virginia native, she is maybe a powhatan, a nottaway, a meherrin, a monacan or a saponi, but surely not a "black" 2) Cosplayers normaly give a s**t about race, body shape or talent, I also see some handicapped people cosplaying and everyone is nice and friendly. I just speak for my european experience, but cosplayers don't think in race boundries or something like that. Maybe it's an american thing. And well, fighting racism by choosing only colored characters? Not really clever.
Usually the skin color is not important,and now suddenly it is??I see she is black,don't need to put it in the title.Not sure why there should be a boundary cross if a black person tries to dress up like some cartoon character?Wtf??
Like a lot of this cosplay stuff, I think it objectifies women in too many instances with it being too overtly sexual.
Cosplay tends to be one of those unifying and inclusive type of activities ... yes, more Blacks, women, Muslims, etc. that have marginalized elsewhere and were a minority, even in cosplay are joining the ranks, but the headline makes it sound cosplay was something only a select group of people took a part in ...
Legit question. Is nani considered black? Also, the last one didn't strike me very well. Idk just don't have the body for it.
she is considered #9A3C2B...if you want a specific classification
Load More Replies... And Bored Panda again in the line of racial wars. Watch on Youtube opinion of Morgan Freeman about black history month. It's cheap propaganda and anti-white war by bored banda.
