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Oct 19 2018
Opinion
The Blackface Party
Elizabeth Warren, Rachel Dolezal, Beto O’Rourke — what’s up with all the ethnic play-acting? Isn’t cultural appropriation supposed to be a bad thing among progressives? Isn’t blackface (and brownface) supposed to be an unforgivable sin?
National Review
Oct 24 2018
Headline Roundup
Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Blackface Comments
Today Show host Megyn Kelly apologized on Wednesday after saying that blackface was "OK" when she was growing up "as long as you were dressing like a character.” Many criticized her remarks as racially insensitive, while others have said that, in context, her comments were not meant to be racist or offensive.
Los Angeles Times


Aug 12 2020
News
Facebook adds 'blackface' photos to banned posts
Facebook has updated its rules to tackle posts containing depictions of "blackface" and common anti-Semitic stereotypes.
Its Community Standards now explicitly state such content should be removed if used to target or mock people.
The company said it had consulted more than 60 outside experts before making the move.
But one campaigner said she still had concerns about its
BBC News
Oct 24 2018
News
Megyn Kelly endorsed blackface? What was she thinking?
Halloween is always getting people in trouble. There’s just something about feeling liberated to dress in costume that makes people stupid. (I hate to bring this up, but remember how now-beloved
Los Angeles Times
Dec 02 2019
News
Black Pete: Blackface character stirs debate during Dutch holiday
Amsterdam, the Netherlands - In Amsterdam's traditional and now trendy Jordaan neighbourhood, a house is bedecked with the festive holiday trappings of Sinterklaas, the annual Dutch holiday.
More than a dozen blackface dolls are affixed to the facade. Across the street, a large white sheet hangs outside another house with a painted message in blue: Zwarte Piet is Racisme.
Al Jazeera
Oct 17 2019
News
Obama endorses Justin Trudeau for PM despite his numerous blackface photos
Former president Barack Obama endorsed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for re-election Wednesday, giving Trudeau a powerful black ally to help him overcome the recent revelation that the progressive Canadian leader wore blackface at least three times as a younger men.
Trudeau is seeking to remain prime minister after next week's elections, but last month his campaign was rocked
The Blaze
Sep 13 2019
News
Colorado State Won’t Punish Students For Blackface, Citing First Amendment
Four Colorado State University students who posed in an Instagram photo wearing blackface will not be punished because of First Amendment rights, the school said.
The image shared over the weekend shows one woman and three men looking at the camera with their faces painted in black. Two have their arms crossed against their chests. The caption reads, “Wakanda forevaa,” a reference to
HuffPost
Sep 19 2019
News
Another Justin Trudeau Blackface Video Reported After Apology For Brownface Photo
For the third time in the past day, a photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing offensive makeup has emerged.
On Thursday morning, Global News published an article that includes a video of a long-haired Trudeau wearing what appears to be blackface. The grainy footage shows Trudeau opening his mouth and thrusting his arms in the air while wearing makeup that makes his skin
HuffPost