'''Blackface''' is the practice of darkening one's skin in order to resemble a person of colour. Though it is very scarcely reported on, non-white people can wear blackface in addition to Caucasians.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMNf0S1nBF0</ref><ref>https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/mexican-tv-network-brownface-roma-parody-yalitza-aparicio-1202048945/#!</ref><ref>https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-05-la-fg-mexico-racism-20100705-story.html</ref> Blackface was worn in the past as a method of mocking and belittling black people, thus making it [[racist]];<ref>https://black-face.com/</ref> however, especially in the present day, many people have darkened their skin in order to imitate someone whom they admired, who happened to have dark skin.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/26/kellys-blackface-remarks-amplify-halloween-costume/</ref> Even the neoconservative feminist [[Megyn Kelly]] has defended darkening one's skin as part of a Halloween costume and/or in honour of a certain black person.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/kelly-fired-blackface-kimmel-job/</ref> However, the mainstream media mistakes both of these practices as acts of racism.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2014/10/29/7089591/why-is-blackface-offensive-halloween-costume</ref><ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/31/megyn-kelly-today-couldve-been-used-teach-why-blackface-wrong-talker/1831913002/</ref><ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/justin-trudeau-brownface-blackface-1.5289259</ref><ref>https://www.vice.com/da/article/rze5a8/is-the-album-review-dead</ref> | '''Blackface''' is the practice of darkening one's skin in order to resemble a person of colour. Though it is very scarcely reported on, non-white people can wear blackface in addition to Caucasians.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMNf0S1nBF0</ref><ref>https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/mexican-tv-network-brownface-roma-parody-yalitza-aparicio-1202048945/#!</ref><ref>https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-05-la-fg-mexico-racism-20100705-story.html</ref> Blackface was worn in the past as a method of mocking and belittling black people, thus making it [[racist]];<ref>https://black-face.com/</ref> however, especially in the present day, many people have darkened their skin in order to imitate someone whom they admired, who happened to have dark skin.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/26/kellys-blackface-remarks-amplify-halloween-costume/</ref> Even the neoconservative feminist [[Megyn Kelly]] has defended darkening one's skin as part of a Halloween costume and/or in honour of a certain black person.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/kelly-fired-blackface-kimmel-job/</ref> However, the mainstream media mistakes both of these practices as acts of racism.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2014/10/29/7089591/why-is-blackface-offensive-halloween-costume</ref><ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/31/megyn-kelly-today-couldve-been-used-teach-why-blackface-wrong-talker/1831913002/</ref><ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/justin-trudeau-brownface-blackface-1.5289259</ref><ref>https://www.vice.com/da/article/rze5a8/is-the-album-review-dead</ref> |