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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
So, basically--you can't make fun or light of the antics of an especially ridiculous celebrity if that celebrity is a person of color.
Got it.
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Its the context.
In this case for Alpha Phi it was:
1. 'Kanye Western' party
2. Dress like old time gold diggers, smear charcoal on face.
3. Charcoal on face is interpreted as actually being 'blackface', and not just dirt.
4. History of historically white GLOs having blackface / ethnic themed parties.
If the 'Kanye Western' party was done by any other group, then this backlash may not have even come up.
Given that about a year ago the historically white GLO fraternity in Oklahoma was caught on camera singing a song using the N-word, plus all of the recent protests over police killings and beatings of Black people, then that leaves any other incident after all this as suspect.
I'm sure the APhis meant their party to be innocent fun, but their actions are being judged and viewed through all of these recent social happenings.
People outside of GLOs are not going to ponder and debate what is blackface and what isn't. The way it is being seen by the public is this is just another group of white people making fun of Blacks because Kanye West is Black.