If you want history about blackface click here: Blackface on Wiki Long story short: blackface is offensive to black people and it is not ever ever ever ever okay to do it. Never. So far this season we've seen a start dressed up in blackface as a character from Orange is the New Black, (She apologized- but she had to have known this wouldn't be okay.) then a girl standing in a picture between a guy who was dressed as George Zimmerman and a guy in black face was dressed as the teenager he shot, Trayvon Martin. Knowing that this case had already made racial tension rise in this country, the disrespect of a white person using this dead child as a source of amusement was outrageous. Apparently to many the death of a black teenager was a source of amusement but it was not funny. Not even slightly. I've seen several other pics of people in blackface, and considering that there are still 2 days until Halloween I'm sure there will be more to come.
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Yeah, some people claim to NOT know that they are being offensive, and may not have bad intentions but it is what it is. I don't get how you wouldn't know, but apparently some people are still very sheltered and naive, or live under huge rocks, and so the last line of this blog is just for you!
So let me leave you with this. If you ever want to know if it is okay to dress in black face, just ask the magic 8 ball:
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