Blackface Incident -- Police and Firemen

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4

They testified that they had no racist intent and that their actions
were protected by the First Amendment because the float was a parody.

The firefighters said they meant to poke fun at their predominantly
white community's racist views with the ''Black to the Future 2098''
float. They said they used stereotypes, such as the blackface and
Afro wigs, because that's the way community residents perceived
blacks.

In earlier years, floats in the parade similarly mocked Hasidic Jews,
gays and Asians.