Oh for Gods sake.
It all boils down to this for me -
Why is "blackface" considered a THING?
When I was a child I absolutely adored a UK show called The Black and White Minstrels. I had no clue about what they were supposed to represent, I just loved the dances and the dresses.
It wasn't until years later they became un PC. As a child, I had no concept of racism whatsoever, growing up as I did with folks of all colours and creeds. They were just the kids I went to school with, lived near, played with.
It wasn't until I was about 8 or 9 that I realised some folks thought differently.
Black folks should dress up any way they want for Halloween, ditto white folks.
I understand that "black face" has offensive meanings in some places though, but is this something that should be let go?
In Australia we had "wogs" - it was an offensive, racist term. Now we have "new wogs", second and third generation Italians who are proud of the label and call themselves and each other wogs with a sense of pride. My friend actually said the other day "I'm a new style wog not an old style wog" which I found hysterical as he was born in the same hospital I was.
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