https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...face-offensive
Lots of articles all over the place explaining it but that guardian one sums it up well
Quote:
.This form of entertainment happened in some parts of the world, but the images were exported far and wide and it influenced the mindsets of many fair-skinned people.
It was called “blackface”, and it made darker people sad and angry even though the fair-skinned people said it was just in good fun.
The dark people knew the laughter was at their expense. In fact, the fair-skinned people made a rule that dark people could only be entertainers in front of fair people if they painted their faces black or acted silly.
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