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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Well that depends entirely on who you ask. I mean the article is titled "Alberta school apologizes for blackface."
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I think that’s a result of overly sensitive people moving the goal posts, combined with an over-sensationalized media giving the permaoutraged credence.
I’m sorry, but I think some people need to use their critical thinking skills a little bit more. There is no parallel between this ‘event’ and “blackface”.
If people want to be upset because there was:
A lack of racial representation in the school;
A lack of inclusivity, where a darker toned person would have wanted to be a part of the act but was uninvited;
A reality TV enactment that was probably more entertaining than the original etc,
Sure, be upset about everything all the time.
But anyone who honestly looks at this as a case of “blackface” is insulting to victims of actual racism, and reeks of a misunderstanding of history and social sciences. Off-colour no doubt, but it looks like they did the whole shtick quite well.