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Zeke posted an update 5 years, 9 months ago
I made a poll on my Twitter account regarding “blackface”. Very small sample reply but I was able to get some quotes from notable black figures and regular folk. If pressed, one can argue if anyone did “whiteface” it was Eddie Murphy and Wayans brothers in their creative projects.
My answer here is No One should apologize (them either) because context is king, but the apologies for things they didn’t do is very cringe to watch. (Option 1 is Kimmel/Fallon/Marbles) who are all white and impersonated a black celebrity at one point in their career.
Not sure to share actual Twitter links (should we, does anyone else do it here, is it allowed)?
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Dave Chappelle did some great ones on his show as well. Worth a chuckle.
I TOTALLY agree, Zeke. We have got to stop the social engineering PC Poo and laugh when we can, especially when it is reverent and done well. To eliminate Aunt Jemima, to forget the best role of the first Black woman to win an Oscar, we do our fellow humans NO respect. We are the HUMAN race and can make fun of each other and allowing “them” to divide us is no longer acceptable!