People get too bloody touchy about 'blackface' these days, too.
I remember seeing a video once with a bunch of folk getting all outraged because two white blokes had dressed up as Jules and Vincent from Pulp Fiction. Or that poor Australian kid who was basically getting death threats for dressing up as his favourite footballer who just happens to be black.
There's absolutely no place for people painting their faces in order to mock ethnic minorities. But there seems to be a lot of pearl clutching for the sake of pearl clutching in regards to blackface.
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Maybe it just isn't worth it given the response.
It seems a lot deeper than mere conformity.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 16:29,
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I totally agree that it's not worth it. But much of it seems like outrage for outrage sake.
Michael Jackson is an interesting one, mind. I assume it's permissible for a white person to portray MJ from the 'Bad' era onwards, but portraying 'Thriller' era MJ and earlier would be a huge no-no, despite the fact that he always identified as black?
Anyway, like you say, hardly worth the bother. Nobody is going to die because they can't dress up as MR. T or Bob Marley anymore.
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Don't know about MJ
I'm not sure he knew who he was, a person who appeared to have complex issues.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Thu 19 Aug 2021, 17:29,
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he issued a lot into young boys' mouths
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 20 Aug 2021, 1:13,
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