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Snapchat appears to have exercised bad judgement as it today, International Weed Day, introduced a Bob Marley face filter to its app.
Snapchat's half-baked 420 nod is a Bob Marley blackface filter?! Dude was Jamaican! Did waaaay more than smoke weed. pic.twitter.com/t6tazxnMxT
— Brian Ries (@moneyries) April 20, 2016
Bob Marley began trending on Twitter as people voiced their outrage and suggested that the app is guilty of stereotyping.
The Bob Marley filter is offensive because it reduces his legacy to smoking weed. That's how I see it.
— Chocolate Glazed (@cammiemark) April 20, 2016
That Bob Marley filter low key disrespectful.. his legacy is way more than a weed smoking Jamaican with dreads..
— Rue (@_24_7ev) April 20, 2016
if you think Bob Marley was famous for smoking weed you're stupid.
— chase (@loIchase) April 20, 2016
4/20 jokes aside the filter is a huge disrespect to Bob Marley.
— . (@cuffyochickenn) April 20, 2016
How snapchat thought it would be wise to do a Bob Marley filter on snapchat, I really don't know.
— alia loren. (@alialoren) April 20, 2016
It is so disheartening for a legend like Bob Marley to be reduced to 420 #BobMarley
— Rygen kigen (@cristianokigen) April 20, 2016
They brought out the Bob Marley filter bc 420 right? Bc he represents smoking weed right? Yall dumb
— Erin (@eyatesss) April 20, 2016
Looks like Snapchat might’ve got it very wrong this time…
The Bob Marley filter is offensive because it reduces his legacy to smoking weed. That's how I see it.
— Chocolate Glazed (@cammiemark) April 20, 2016
