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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
To the best of anyone's knowledge Orson Welles wasn't a racist, when he filmed Othello in blackface in the 50's no one considered it racist, blackface has become offensive but it isnt inherently racist, that said there are forms of blackface that have always been racist.
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The fact that ORSON WELLES appeared in blackface might be an indication that the society of that time was indeed very racist.