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Originally Posted by sealbeater
No, I did not watch the video.
Why don't you ask any Black person what their historical opinon of blackface was? I'm sure you could perhaps find some old black man and tell him what you just told me.
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I have talked about this with black people many times. Most agree with me. Some don't.
I did look at your link. I suggest you watch the video I linked to before passing judgement on it. Googling Simon Winchester to pass judgment on the value of the video you haven't seen might be considered pre-judging or prejudice.
Having a black fool in Amos and Andy was no different than having a white fool in Life of Riley or the many other shows comedy shows. You're looking really hard for racism and, of course, if you look hard enough you'll find it. There's lots of it around. I suspect it's impossible to grow up in the USA, regardless of your color, without learning some racism. What counts is what you do about that; whether you let it control you.
I think the "I have it right and if you can't see it you're wrong" mentality is getting more and more common in this country and it's hurting us. Although I remember being kind of like that when I was young too, probably about different issues than you.
Barry