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Originally Posted by Boodleboy322
I think it was ok and just in the spirit of Halloween. I know that I saw plenty of normal folks from all races and genders dress up like Michael Jackson. No one really made a stink out of it because they were ordinary people. Leave the girl alone.
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That's how I feel about it too...to me it seems obvious she didn't mean to offend anyone. I would find it hard to believe she or anyone else in the United States hasn't heard of blackface in its original offensive context, but to me it seems like in 2009 at a costume party where a person is attempting to dress as a specific person of a different race it's obvious this wasn't meant to be offensive.
On the other hand as someone who isn't African American I've avoided costumes that I thought would require me to paint myself since I could easily come up with a million other creative ideas because it doesn't seem worth it to risk offending someone...and she probably knew that was a risk she was taking.
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