FaceApp 'Racist' Filter Shows Users As Black, Asian, Caucasian And Indian

An array of ethnic filters on the photo-editing app, FaceApp, has stirred backlash as users decry the options for facial manipulation as racist. The selfie-editing app, FaceApp, was updated earlier this month with four new filters: Asian, Black, Caucasian and Indian. The filters immediately drew criticism on Twitter by users who made comparisons to blackface and yellowface racial stereotypes. In addition to these blatantly racial face filters – which change everything from hair color to skin tone to eye color – other FaceApp users noted earlier this year that the "hot" filter consistently lightens people's skin color. "#FaceApp has a new feature where you can see yourself #CaucasianLiving.