Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:47 PM
EffieBlack (13,151 posts)
Let's go over the definition of "Blackface" againWhen white actors would paint their faces black to resemble black people. Accompanied by a performance stereotyping them as buffoons. (Urban Dictionary)
Blackface is a form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of racial stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the "dandified coon". (Wkipedia) Black makeup used by a performer, as in a minstrel show (Your Dictionary) Makeup applied to a performer playing a black person especially in a minstrel show (Mirriam-Webster) Blackface: 
Not Blackface: 
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Author | Time | Post |
 Let's go over the definition of "Blackface" again (Original post) |
EffieBlack | Feb 6 | OP |
| octoberlib | Feb 6 | #1 | |
| johnp3907 | Feb 6 | #2 | |
| guillaumeb | Feb 6 | #3 | |
| Lefta Dissenter | Feb 6 | #4 | |
| EffieBlack | Feb 6 | #6 | |
| Lefta Dissenter | Feb 6 | #7 | |
| EffieBlack | Feb 6 | #9 | |
| Lefta Dissenter | Feb 6 | #17 | |
| uponit7771 | Feb 6 | #5 | |
| Historic NY | Feb 6 | #8 | |
| EffieBlack | Feb 6 | #12 | |
| TCJ70 | Feb 6 | #10 | |
| EffieBlack | Feb 6 | #13 | |
| ProudLib72 | Feb 6 | #11 | |
| mcar | Feb 6 | #14 | |
| EffieBlack | Feb 6 | #15 | |
| janx | Feb 6 | #16 | |
| Gothmog | Feb 6 | #18 | |
| JHan | Feb 7 | #19 | |
| SidDithers | Feb 7 | #20 |
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:49 PM
octoberlib (10,321 posts)
1. Thanks for posting.
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:50 PM
johnp3907 (2,451 posts)
2. Thank you.
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:53 PM
guillaumeb (31,512 posts)
3. And would the average 25 year old, intelligent and educated medical student
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:54 PM
Lefta Dissenter (5,768 posts)
4. YES!
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I’ve given a lot of thought to some friends whose daughter was obsessed with Kirby Puckett back in the 80s, so she dressed up as Kirby for Halloween - including using dark makeup on her face. She was probably in first or second grade at the time, and she did it because she admired him, not because she wanted to make fun of him.
Full disclosure - dare I even admit that I’m actually related to Al Jolson?  |
Response to Lefta Dissenter (Reply #7)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:03 PM
EffieBlack (13,151 posts)
9. That's pretty cool about Al Jolsen
Response to EffieBlack (Reply #9)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:44 PM
Lefta Dissenter (5,768 posts)
17. It's kind of embarrassing.
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I’m also related to Alexander Hamilton. That’s way cooler, but don’t forget to thank me when you’re paying your income taxes and your goods are more expensive due to tariffs!
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Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:59 PM
Historic NY (31,295 posts)
8. Then there is this.............
Response to Historic NY (Reply #8)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:06 PM
EffieBlack (13,151 posts)
12. A few questions to figure the difference between blackface and an impersonation of a black person
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:03 PM
10. Where does attempting to look like a specific person fall?
Response to TCJ70 (Reply #10)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:07 PM
EffieBlack (13,151 posts)
13. He claims he was impersonating Michael Jackson - using black shoe polish
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:05 PM
11. Does it count if it's only a mask?
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School apologises after children perform Black History Month poem in blackface masks https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/school-apologises-children-blackface-masks-black-history-month-atlanta-georgia-kindezi-old-fourth-a8286561.html
A school in Atlanta has apologised after children performed a poem for Black History Month in blackface masks. Pupils at Kindezi Old Fourth Ward Charter School recited Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1896 poem “We Wear The Mask” while wearing black masks with exaggerated red lips and white eyes. A video of the recital, which was performed by seven and eight-year-olds, has been viewed millions of times since it was posted on Facebook by a concerned parent last week.   |
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:18 PM
16. Apparently your posts in the other thread got buried.
Response to EffieBlack (Original post)
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 08:41 AM
SidDithers (42,424 posts)
20. DU Rec...
