[PM_Mama00]

Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
The point was why have costume parties at all.

She didn't say every college party is a costume party.

Because they are fun.

And, when I said that I still don't know the history about blackface, I meant that yeah duh I know it's offensive, but I don't know what the REAL history behind it is. Instead of people goin off on people and calling them racist and ignorant, why doesn't someone explain it, please? (ETA... sorry didn't read the rest of the thread)

As for the young lady who didn't have blackface mentioned in her PERSUASION SPEECH class...girl bye. I wouldn't expect blackface to be mentioned in a PERSUASION SPEECH class, especially not one dealing w/ the Civil Rights era. Blackface was quite a ways before that sweetie. "My teacher didn't teach me about blackface," is not an excuse. There are certain things that you just know are offensive or inappropriate.

Why "bye"? Why be rude? I wouldn't expect my whole Theories of Persuasion Speech class to be a history lesson in black civil rights, but it was. And since I don't know the history behind blackface, then how am I supposed to know that it was way before that, sweetie? I KNOW they are offensive.


Blah blah blah. That's how these threads always end up.