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Originally Posted by amIblue?
well, maybe you could be daring and wear the see through tomorrow?
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Some people would be absolutely thrilled.
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Originally Posted by ElieM
Is it see-through?
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The larger image on the website looked see-through around the thighs but I could be mistaken.
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Originally Posted by ElieM
Question: Is blackface ever appropriate in other countries? (I'm thinking like in the Netherlands with Zwarte Piet who brings the presents instead of Sinterklaas)
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Based on what I read on wikipedia:
Zwarte Piet is a mischievous, enslaved devil (is that correct?) who assists Saint Nicholas and has been portrayed as someone of the African Diaspora since the 1800s. The history and modern day prevalence of that depiction is no different than if that was done in the United States of America.
Yeah, this blackface is just another caricature of the African Diaspora in an environment where people of the African Diaspora are the population size and power minority.
ETA:
http://www.thefastertimes.com/photol...mas-tradition/
http://www.expatica.com/nl/leisure/a...2394_9285.html