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Originally posted by Kimmie1913
What exactly was the derrogatory stereotype being depicted in the whiteface incident?
I am just curious as to what other than simply the whiteface makeup, made his depiction so offensive and demeaning to white people.
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It's not that the incident in and of itself is offensive or necessarily demeaning. It is, however, ridiculous and offensive that the black student who intentionally portrayed white stereotypes is not receiving the same treatment as the white students who intentionally portrayed black stereotypes.
I have to agree with Wine&SilverBlue when she says that groups should be held equally accountable for equal actions. And regardless of history or what racial group is being sterotyped, one group is intentionally and negatively portraying a stereotype of another group. That's not right no matter who does it.