Editing Cosplay (section)

===Ethnicity issues===
As cosplay has entered more mainstream media, ethnicity becomes a controversial point. Cosplayers of different skin color than the character are often ridiculed for not being 'accurate' or 'faithful'.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ore |first1=Jonathan |title='Cosplay is for everyone': How these cosplayers are combating online hate with reimagined looks |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/hong-kong-counter-protests-vasek-pospisil-cosplaying-while-black-ao3-gets-a-hugo-how-to-free-dive-and-more-1.5256258/cosplay-is-for-everyone-how-these-cosplayers-are-combating-online-hate-with-reimagined-looks-1.5256267 |website=CBC Radio |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=26 November 2019 |archive-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427144630/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/hong-kong-counter-protests-vasek-pospisil-cosplaying-while-black-ao3-gets-a-hugo-how-to-free-dive-and-more-1.5256258/cosplay-is-for-everyone-how-these-cosplayers-are-combating-online-hate-with-reimagined-looks-1.5256267 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many cosplayers feel as if anyone can cosplay any character, but it becomes complicated when cosplayers are not respectful of the character's ethnicity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strapagiel |first1=Lauren |title=This Twitch Streamer Was Suspended For A Blackface Cosplay |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/twitch-karupups-suspended-blackface-cosplay-apex |website=Buzzfeed News |date=17 April 2019 |publisher=BuzzFeed |access-date=26 November 2019 |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524064344/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/twitch-karupups-suspended-blackface-cosplay-apex |url-status=live }}</ref> These views against non-white cosplayers within the community have been attributed to the lack of representation in the industry and in media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franklin |first=Emilyann |date=2022-11-21 |title=Discrimination In Cosplay Is Influenced By The Lack Of Representation In Media |url=https://seattlemedium.com/discrimination-in-cosplay-is-influenced-by-the-lack-of-representation-in-media/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=[[The Seattle Medium]] |language=en-US |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017085629/https://seattlemedium.com/discrimination-in-cosplay-is-influenced-by-the-lack-of-representation-in-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Issues such as [[blackface]], [[Racial brownface|brownface]], and [[Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater|yellowface]] are still controversial since a large part of the cosplay community see these as separate problems, or simply an acceptable part of cosplay.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}