blackface
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- noun
- /ˈblækˌfeɪs/
- Slur
- Sloan, you know, at the beginning of the century, African Americans had to perform in blackface.
- blackface minstrelsy
- blackface minstrel
- blackface performance
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Watch on YouTubeToday, Virginia had its third blackface scandal in a week.
- Today, Virginia had its third blackface scandal in a week.
- And Whoopi stood next to Ted Danson in minstrel show blackface at a rose and thought it was hilarious.
- So there have been plenty of discussions about, you know, is especially online about, you know, how blackface arose and whether it's appropriate or not.
- So I should add as well for that night, we blacked out all our faces, not like camouflage cream, not blackface.
- There must have been some blackface in your guy.
- It's just a dude in blackface and Radon Chong buys it.
- You had a white guy in blackface and simple Jack full retard.
- OK, because they because they had like that blackface fucking thing, right?
- Like literally when I made the post about blackface, it became a topic overnight.
- Like doing blackface at a basketball game a year ago.
- Now you are getting Photoshop on blackface.
- Now this is so funny Look at that's like mega blackface.
Examples
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In social media news, an app called Gradient is being accused of promoting digital blackface for letting users see what they would look like as other races.
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Today, Virginia had its third blackface scandal in a week.
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Last year, one student painted himself in blackface to play Tiger Woods in a skit.
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I read this fascinating book a few years ago about blackface minstrelsy called Love and Theft.
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At the University of North Dakota last week, students posted photographs of themselves in blackface to social media twice in a 48-hour period.
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The use of blackface in performances is now widely condemned as racist and offensive.
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Historically, blackface was used in minstrel shows to caricature Black people, a practice that many find deeply troubling today.
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The controversy surrounding blackface often sparks discussions about race and representation in the media.
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Etymology
Blackface comes from the parts black and face, meaning a face painted 'black' to look like a Black person. It was common in old stage shows where performers used this makeup to mock Black people, and today that practice is seen as offensive.