. wrote:what on earth`s wrong with the blackface thing my uncle has blacked up being jolson for at least 40 years and people love it stop trying to bring black people into everything its got nowt to do with THEM
if ur white its probably a hoot and rather amusing that by smearing black all over ur face that that then actually gives the immediate impression that u r black.
not insulting in anyway or making fun of in any way; not alienating black ppl in any way.
and u being a white person who has never had this done to you are fully qualified to comment on whether black ppl should or should not be offended by this.
how amusing for you that your grandad could make fun of the fact that black ppl were darker than him...how utterly hilarious!!
next time i put on a show i will smear myself with white face paint (stark white, you kow bcos thats wot colour white ppl are) bcos it will be hysterical beyond belief: "look at me im taking off a white person, how fukn funny!" i will then proceed to do some morris dancing, its got to be a show stopper...well for those that are racist towards whites anyways...
sorry chintot this poster is ptronising so i have no problem patronising them back. this poster makes me sick at how they think its no biggie to refer to black ppl only in context of them being darker than white ppl. i mean thats wot black ppl are essentiall: they are NOT WHITE. thats the only way you can catagorise them ie NOT LIKE YOU.
FYI black ppl have an existence and identity in their own right not jst in reference to their difference to you.
the hilarity of your grandad's stage act boils down to:
LOOK AT ME IM PRETENDING TO BE ONE OF
THOSE BLACK PPL.
no stereotype is there? no insult, no offence...and clearly no brains, no intelligence, no empathy, no sensitivity, no superiority complex and hey guess wot no highly developed melanin and no naturally lovely dark hughed skin.
in my parallel universe, i see how it would have more to do with having egg and chips for breakfast.
