If you wore Black Face once in the 1980’s, are you racist?
Mate27
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This is actually a topic aired on SNL this past week. I thought it was funny depicting every white politician as oblivious to why it was unacceptable at any time, let alone now. However, it does bring up a cultural norm from the past, which was acceptable to do makeup as another racial/ethnic background. Remember Eddie Murphy when he had a make up crew dress him as a white man so he could go into a bank as “Mr. White”? That was pure comedy gold!
Anyhow, I thought if anyone could tell me their opinion, if a politician admitted to dressing up in black face one time in the ‘80’s during his youth, should he be precluded from getting any lap dances at a dive bar from some AA ebonies? Seriously, does that make him a racist doing this one time?
Anyhow, I thought if anyone could tell me their opinion, if a politician admitted to dressing up in black face one time in the ‘80’s during his youth, should he be precluded from getting any lap dances at a dive bar from some AA ebonies? Seriously, does that make him a racist doing this one time?
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As @25 mentioned in most cases I would see it as insensitive.
The only time I'd say it is racist is if the person knew at the time of doing it that it was offensive or if it is done to intentionally mock or disparage.
Serious question.
If someone is dressing up as a black celebrity, why is it wrong to attempt to portray the closest likeness possible?
I just watched Soul Man this weekend. It was a really bad movie. When I was younger I remember my "black" parents laughing their collective asses off at it. I don't know I guess humor has changed in the last 30 or so years
Remember when it was ok to laugh?
https://youtu.be/JgAxvukW9dA
Why is it that Michael Jackson and Sammy Sosa get accused for abandoning their race through cultural appropriation when they lighten their complexions, but when a white person attempts to appear black they automatically get accused of racism?
And so many people now are so supersensitive about anything that might possibly have offended somebody else.
Unfortunately I don't think that's what most people are asking. They are asking for the blacks to shut up about it and let it be which I don't know how that course of action changes anything. But it sure makes one side comfortable!
I respect those who can at least honestly admit their racist past.
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@flagooner "Why is it that Michael Jackson and Sammy Sosa get accused for abandoning their race through cultural appropriation when they lighten their complexions, but when a white person attempts to appear black they automatically get accused of racism?"
Thats a stupid argument. Blackface is not synonymous with skin bleaching. Tanning would be a better argument, and I dont see people picketing americans who enter tanning booths or hanging out the beach.
The big reason for outrage culturue is the fact that 99.9% of americans are given the gift of anonymity. As soon as people can't hide behind screen names and IP addresses the outrage will stop. We all have skeletons in our closet regardless of race, creed, or sex. And simply being a member of site means we have more than our fear share.
To answer your questions:
If you wore Black Face once in the 1980’s, are you racist?
Yes; Blackface is a form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person, and is now generally considered offensive and disrespectful, because it is and was offensive and disrespectful.
Racism in the United States has existed since the colonial era. Legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights were given to white Americans but denied to all other races in both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the Constitution still is the supreme law of the United States.
There is a difference between the more overt forms of racism in the past and the more subtle kinds of racism that exist today, and is precisely that is more subtle.
Are you thinking that you are exempt from such prejudices? You may be surprised...
"discrimination in the United States permeates all aspects of life and extends to all communities of color“
How many people still alive have ever been to a minstrel show?
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RDJ "what do you mean, you people?"
Brandon T Jackson "what do YOU mean, you people?"
I'm literally at the point where the word racist, or anything-a-phope has zero meaning to me. They have all been over played. It's not illegal to be a racist or whatever-ist, only that person knows what's in their own heart. If you did something 30 years ago that you thought was funny at the time, I personally have more respect for someone that says I did it because I thought that was funny. If someone doesn't get elected because if it, I don't really care. But do we want to turn into a society where politicians are raised from birth to never say or do anything offensive? Or would we rather a politician be imperfect like all the rest of us?
200 years from now cats and dogs will be given rights and all of us will be considered petsists for having them as pets. The 20 people that never had pets will the the only politicians, but an image will emerge of one of them as a baby petting a dog at a park, and the genderless politician will be forced to resign in shame, and their life will be terminated by what is known as a post birth abortion, which is the only legal way to kill someone. However with government run healthcare the waitlist for this procedure is about 42 years. Commericals about how terrible smoking weed is for you are playing on the TV while the political leaders are voting to legalize black tar heroine.
Wearing blackface is a racist act. It’s different than “whiteface” because having white skin has never been used as a means of denigrating or discriminating against a race. Were the times different in the 1980’s? Clearly yes. Are we more sensitive now? Clearly yes. Is being more sensitive progress? The answer to that question is where the blood hits the water as you’ll get a different answer from the”llibtard snowflakes” than you will from the old white men yelling get off my lawn.
I did things in the 1980’s I wish I didn’t and am glad haven’t labeled me for the rest of my life. I do my best to be better and sensitive to others. I won’t be perfect.