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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
At this point virtually everyone must recognize that we're all enacting a kind of bizarre ritual when it comes to these apologies. This incident was not black face, and there was a perfectly legitimate reason to darken the actor's skin. Nobody sane really believes any harm was done, but we all have to act like there was.
We look back and shake our heads at the idiocy of the Satanic panic of the 80s. In 10 or 15 years we'll look back at today's hysteria around race and representation the same way.
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I agree - the kids will grow up hopefully