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Originally Posted by transplant99
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I felt bad for an actress or model who went as crazy eyes from Orange is the New Black a couple years ago, as it was a well done costume and was clearly not in any shape meant to be offensive on her part but there was quite some backlash. The same way I bet this teacher never thought she was offending anyone.
However, if you trace the history of blackface it clearly has a foundation in racism. It's not exactly a mystery why someone would take issue with it when you look back at the racist caricatures used in blackface (or other races like Rooney in Breakfast At Tiffany's) in the past.
Take it as a learning moment, apologize for offending anyone accidentally, don't do it again and move on. If people wanted to escalate the situation (call for her to be fired etc.), I think they're simply petty, and if the school and teacher didn't make an apology I would equally think they were being petty.