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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty
...I'm not surprised blackface is offensive, I'm more surprised at how bad people perceive it when worn in a costume. It used to be a common thing 50 years ago and our idea of what is wrong has changed a lot (which is obviously good). So who's to say an animal costume won't be offensive next? Just look at the vegan movement...
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You are drawing an outrageous false equivalency between animal costumes and blackface, or the colour "black" applied under the eyes in sports and blackface. This in itself is offensive. It trivializes the historical, dehumanizing roots of blackface by analogizing it to these other completely irrelevant incidents of black makeup and costumes.