Wait ... That was racist?

Smallpotatoes · Jun 10, 2014

zagoshe said:

cyclingwriter said:

BurnsWhenIPee said:

I remember that awful sitcom Gimme a Break, where the daughter in the family was mad at Nell Carter, and she talked her little brother into doing a skit while in blackface to try and hurt her.

It worked. And it probably was about as funny as this instance of blackface.
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Gimme a break was a comedy? I think i need to sit down.
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Someone actually watched Gimme a break? I really think I need to sit down
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I watched Gimme a Break. Had a huge crush on Lara Jill Miller.

spikechiquet · Jun 10, 2014

We got this far without this?

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hondo · Jun 11, 2014

zagoshe said:

Dick Whitman said:

When I was about 7, I dressed up as Stevie Wonder for Halloween. With black face.

I was horrified to see the photo recently.

I was even more horrified that, to this day, my mother could not fathom that this was inappropriate or racist.
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It wasn't racist, you were dressing up as an American music star whose face happens to be black. Just like it would not have been racist is, say he was an oriental singer, you made your face yellow in tone or an American Indian singer, you made your face red in tone.

It was a costume, nothing more, nothing less.
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I hope you're kidding.

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