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Originally posted by James
Waaaaiiiiitttt . . .
Also, to put this in context. Isn't a a "blackface" a specific reference to a specific type of make-up arrangment that was popular in entertainment at one time.
I seem to remember seeing shows like that decades ago in my youth.
Its kind of important to understand both the historical fact that we are referencing and what it meant in the context of those times.
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Yes, it was used as entertainment....in minstrels. And it certainly was not entertaining to anyone other than white people who found humilitation and degradation of black people to be funny.
Do you wonder where "Jim Crow" comes from?
Check the history...
Minstrelsy
And before this even starts, yes, towards the end Blacks did participate in their own minstrel shows. But if you read carefully, it was because the white audiences demanded it. Blacks were attempting to garner some sort of profit in the market (sad, isn't it?)
This whole concept is very meaningful with regards to what is wrong with society today.