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Blackface is BACK! BOOOOO! BOOOOO!

Blackface done by white people is ALWAYS racist, it was originally meant to PERSECUTE African-Americans.
And when it is done TODAY, it conjures up memories of it's original intent.
What about Dave Chappelle, and the movie White Chicks? Lets face it, whiteface does NOT equal blackface, they have two different histories. And whats worse, this film will likely invite MORE whites to do blackface, such as throw more racist blackface frat parties etc.
If someone made a film that tried to find humor about the Jewish suffering in the concentration camps, heads would roll, yet Hollyweird found nothing wrong with trying to have fun with the suffering of Black Americans.
Blackface's sole purpose was/is to persecute, demonize, dehumanize Black people, and that is no laughing matter.
 
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