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'Cosplay is more important than your skin tone'
Some black cosplayers are facing prejudice for portraying characters with different skin tones. Cosplay involves dressing up as a character from a film, book, or video game.
Biracial female cosplayer Rio Small says some people receive negative comments because their skin tone doesn't match that of the characters they're portraying.
She told ±«Óãtv Minute she feel that: "As you long as you love the character and what they stand for, that's all that matters."
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