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Source: NY Times
A prominent Brooklyn assemblyman defended himself on Monday after attracting attention for wearing blackface to a party he hosted this weekend to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim.
The assemblyman, Dov Hikind, a Democrat who has been a longtime power broker in the Orthodox Jewish community, wore an Afro wig, orange jersey, sunglasses and brown makeup or face paint as part of a costume that Mr. Hikind said represented a black basketball player.
I was just, I think, I was trying to emulate, you know, maybe some of these basketball players, Mr. Hikind told The New York Observer. Someone gave me a uniform, someone gave me the hair of the actual, you know, sort of a black basketball player.
He added, The fun for me is when people come in and dont recognize me.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/nyregion/hikind-defends-wearing-blackface-to-purim-party.html?hp