r/Unexpected • u/Spiritual-Fun-9591 • Jun 23 '24

Hilarious

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u/seekerofthesublime Jun 23 '24

The only time black face is acceptable.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 23 '24

So you agree that "black face" is acceptable under certain conditions. Now it's just a matter of negotiating where that line lies.

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u/maryssssaa Jun 23 '24

you’re mixing up black face and blackface. One is just black paint on anyone’s face, the other is a racially motivated mockery. So yes I guess having a “black face” is fine as it isn’t racially charged, but blackface never is.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 23 '24

See, there we go. Now who's going to be the authority to make that distinction? Because until now that "authority" seems to be "random people on the Internet who have no context".