[Oling_Roachinen]

No, I don't believe anyone believes she put it on because she hates black people. But that doesn't mean she didn't offend anyone and its pretty reasonable for someone to be offended by blackface. I don't really believe this is a case of faux outrage, again it's roots lie in racism - even if the intention of this lady was no where near racist. To me, it's not completely different to the people arguing (and more importantly, believing) that the Confederate Flag is about the south and isn't racist.

There's a fine line, RDJ was able to pull it off in Tropic Thunder with little backlash (I believe) - but it was also pretty heavily satirized in the movie itself. More people seemed up in arms at the use of the word ######ed in the movie at the time.

I'm someone who will never get up in arms yelling "cultural appropriation" because someone wore a prom dress with Asian influence, but I do think that if you're putting on black makeup to appear black, maybe take a second to think if you're going to offend anyone. Regardless of intention, we're at a point where if you wear blackface to appear black (or other races), you're going to offend a large population. Maybe for some, that's going to be a point of the costume, similar to going as a pedofile priest, and in their private life it might be worth the risk. But she's a teacher, she shouldn't be wearing a costume that's going to offend. It would have taken far less effort to simply go without the blackface, and if the 'accuracy' of her costume was more important than not offending anyone, especially her students, that would have made her a pretty ####ty teacher. I completely agree it was an accident and the apology saying as much should be the end of this (though I doubt it will be).