Overview

The Brittany Venti Blackface Costume Controversy refers to an internet controversy surrounding a 2025 Halloween costume worn by Twitter / X user and content creator Brittany Venti (@BrittanyXVenti), showing her in Blackface as a minstrel caricature of a Black person with fried chicken. She wrote, "When that EBT hit," in the original tweet's caption, referring to electronic benefit transfer. She received backlash and accusations of racism en masse for the costume, but argued that she was half-Black and a "formerly Black woman." Venti was one of several female X users who posted Blackface costume photos for Halloween in 2025, including Emp4thchan and Lilly Gaddis.

Background

On October 31st, 2025, X^[1] user Brittany Venti (@BrittanyXVenti) tweeted two photos of herself in a Blackface minstrel costume, captioned, "When that EBT hit." Over three days, the tweet received over 85.9 million views, 69,000 likes and 5,600 replies.

Online Reactions

On October 31st, 2025, Venti's post sparked viral quote-tweets and replies that largely criticized her use of Blackface.

For instance, on that day, X^[2] user @itsgavv quote-tweeted the post, writing, "We're witnessing levels of racism not seen since 1962," gaining over 170,000 likes in three days.

On November 1st, X^[3] user @queerBengali quote-tweeted the post, writing, "When the resurgence of woke inevitably hits, some of you are going to be very very sad about the consequences," gaining over 193,000 likes in two days.

Also on November 1st, 2025, X^[4] user @KFP_Fanboy quote-tweeted Venti's post, attaching a "Noob, Pro, Hacker, God" meme, showing Venti as the noob, internet comedian Druski in his viral Whiteface video as the pro, actor Robert Downey Jr. in Blackface in the film Tropic Thunder as the hacker and actor Jack Black as the god, based on his roles in Nacho Libre, Kung Fu Panda and A Minecraft Movie. Over two days, the tweet received over 21,000 likes.

On November 1st, X^[8] user @RightWingCope tweeted a collage of other women who shared photos of Blackface costumes on Halloween 2025, captioned, "What is MAGA even about at this point?" gaining over 22,000 likes in two days.

On November 2nd, 2025, TikToker ^[7] @reel.takes shared a video in which he discussed Venti's Blackface costume and criticized it, gaining over 23,900 likes in a day.

Developments

On November 1st, 2025, Venti posted a new tweet^[5] in which she stated that she was a Black woman and highlighted a reply she received that referenced the Charlie Kirk Shooting. Over two days, the post received roughly 2,900 likes.

Also on November 1st, X^[6] user @tayvoodookarma_ quote-tweeted Venti's original tweet, attaching a photo of Venti with her Black mom, captioning it, "The self-hatred." Over two days, the post received over 172,000 likes.

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