Margaret Thatcher showed immense bravery to get rid of the "miners" because of their culturally insensitive use of blackface.
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@GodlessRobin Morris dancing surely predates blackface by centuries
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True, it does. But if does not colour prejudice.
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no, but I don’t agree with the idea that literally any colouring of the face must be blackface, context matters
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As I said, I'm in two minds. I can see poc may find it offensive and it's not central to Morris. I've never seen...
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..it before though admittedly my exposure to Morris (Moorish? Is that significant?) dancing is minimal
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how the hell we've entrapped ourselves in this nonsensical
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My mum plays melodeon for them. The tradition was to cause mischeif at night and black their faces so as not to be identified.
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- yes, isn't it an echo of those rural rebels who blacked their faces to avoid being seen at night?
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