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Originally Posted by sealbeater
There was never a time in history that blackface wasn't insulting to Black people.
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I think you are wrong.
Long before the slave trade between the New World and Africa people were blacking up for all kinds of reasons. The mummers in the UK, whose traditions go back to the time of the crusades, had at least one blacked up character.
I would also point out that in black cultures during certain ceremonies they "white up" and were doing so before they had contact with "white people". Is this insulting to "white people".
I suggest that intent is what is important here, the hypersensitive politically correct thought police should go to a very warm place.