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Wasn't blackface deemed racist?

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Anubis said:
someone explain WTF blackface is to me please
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They don't have google on you internet?

I'll get you started:

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pontifex said:
no...i'm complaining about it or singling out 1 episode or show. I just thought that it was deemed racist and if in fact it was racist, why were TV shows using it? just a curiosity thing - no panties in wad, like some of yours are after I asked a simple question.
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It's not being racist due to the fact of how its being used.
They are not doing the whole "Sambo" thing as previously pointed out. THAT was the "racist" portion of the Blackface used in vaudeville.
 
Homerboy said:
It's not being racist due to the fact of how its being used.
They are not doing the whole "Sambo" thing as previously pointed out. THAT was the "racist" portion of the Blackface used in vaudeville.
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ok, i was under the impression that a white person painting themselves black to look like a black person was racist as well.
 
Homerboy said:
Is a black person painting themselves white racist? Ala: White Chicks and The Chappelle Show?
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http://dumpalink.com/videos/Eddie-Murphy-As-A-White-Guy-49b5.html

love that sketch! 😀

also, while googling, i saw the image of Ted Danson in black face. you guys remember that? he was married to Whoopie at the time, and they both came out on stage, he in blackface. It created a big stink for a long time, from the usual characters, of course: (Jackson, Sharpton...). Whoopie was "what the fuck is wrong with you people?"
 
zinfamous said:
http://dumpalink.com/videos/Eddie-Murphy-As-A-White-Guy-49b5.html

love that sketch! 😀

also, while googling, i saw the image of Ted Danson in black face. you guys remember that? he was married to Whoopie at the time, and they both came out on stage, he in blackface. It created a big stink for a long time, from the usual characters, of course: (Jackson, Sharpton...). Whoopie was "what the fuck is wrong with you people?"
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Great call. I remember that!
 
Homerboy said:
It's not as quite as easy as that though. In the Vaudeville days, the blackface and the "act" was just a "joke" too wasn't it?
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The joke now is usually that the person doing the blackface is a fool and/or racist, and not that black people are lazy and stupid.
 
The whole point of the episode of "it's always sunny in philadelphia" was whether or not it was appropriate to use blackface, or whether it is always racist. How could you miss this? Not to mention EVERYTHING in that show is controversial and as nonpolitically correct as you can get. You're a moron.
 
Alienwho said:
The whole point of the episode of "it's always sunny in philadelphia" was whether or not it was appropriate to use blackface, or whether it is always racist. How could you miss this? Not to mention EVERYTHING in that show is controversial and as nonpolitically correct as you can get. You're a moron.
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i'm not sure what i missed. isn't the point of that episode the same point i am making now? whether it is racist or not?

and yes, i've watched Sunny since the 1st episode. I am very aware that it is very controversial.
 
"FAIL" for all you mentioning good movies with Ben Stiller in it and forgetting all about "Empire of the Sun"
 
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