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Okay, question, but first I just want to say I understand the demeaning nature of blackface as it pertains to the past, however, if a white kid/person wanted to dress up as their favorite athlete/celebrity/etc who happens to be black, shouldn't they make it as real as possible? Or is it better to try and find a mask of the person to wear? Same for reverse, if black person wanted to dress as favorite white athlete/celebrity, etc shouldn't they try to look like the person? FYI, I haven't done halloween for years and don't really care for it, but just seeing articles talking about stuff like this and wondering what everyone thinks.
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Now, that made me laugh @The Dude
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I can understand why people don't understand it when they're dressing as a specific person, like Lebron James.
The (historical) problem is people dressed up as a "typical" Black person before. Then acted like they perceived Black people to act. Like they would dress up as a clown or a witch or a ghost.
So it might not necessarily be wrong to try to look as close to Lebron James as you can but it's also understandable for people to be upset by it. And those same people probably aren't dressing in White face.
I don't think it makes Megyn Kelly a racist to ask those questions. But I do think not having the wherewithal to not ask it on TV is a fireable offense. -
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