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In reply to the discussion: The mistake of looking at events through today's eyes and not the eyes from the past [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)16. Just because the people you grew up around were apparently clueless doesn't mean that
by the 1980s it wasn't universally understood that blackface was racist.
And, no, this has nothing to do with black people suddenly finding "our voice." We found our voice centuries ago when we first started speaking up against racism. The fact that some people only recently started paying attention is a reflection on their ignorance and bias, not on some new found courage or eloquence on our part.
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Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
OP
If we are just talking halloween costumes totally disagree based on my experience.
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
#10
I'm talking about the bullshit of claiming ignorance about blackface in the 1980s.
Iggo
Feb 2019
#12
And if they didn't know it, why didn't they do it in public or with their black friends?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#34
I understand. My point is that NO ONE I knew was aware of that. And I grew up
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
#6
Just because the people you grew up around were apparently clueless doesn't mean that
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#16
We're not agreeing about a POV. You're alleging a fact that simply isn't true
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#31
I was expressing my POV. If you don't get that, leave me alone, please.
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
#33
If you want to be left alone, perhaps you shouldn't post your POV on a public discussion board
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#35
Just by you. Like what would be infinitely more civil would be, In my experience
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
#37
Quite a difference between what I am talking about and what they are talking about
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
#7
Even through the eyes of the past - way back in the 1980s - blackface was still racist af
Empowerer
Feb 2019
#5
I don't even know if we are talking about the same thing. All I am talking about
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
#8
Impersonating a particular black person by wearing brown makeup to match their skintone isn't racist
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#14
Good Lord - are we actually arguing whether it was common knowledge blackface was racist in the 80s?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#13
Wait a minute. You actually dressed up like a spousal abuse victim whose husband slit her throat?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#21
Thanks for the calm and reasoned voice! That's an interesting and true
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2019
#30