Blackface is not satire. It is, & always has been, racist. Peddled in AUS & USA to critique from POC, rejected by NZhttp://junkee.com/chris-lilley-new-zealand/110907 …
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Replying to @DrMLongbottom
Yikes! She's probably one of the most famous minstrels of recent times given White people find her so "fascinating."
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Replying to @OtherSociology
The fact that people can choose who they want to be makes is a point of privilege. POC are not afforded the same privilege
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Replying to @DrMLongbottom
Same goes for Blackface. What is Chris Lilley saying as a White comedian in Blackface about race that he can't say as a White character?
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Replying to @OtherSociology
Indeed. A misrepresentation of the culture and people he is making a joke of
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Replying to @DrMLongbottom
Exactly. Pathologising POC (in this case Tongan men) but leaves Whiteness, especially White masculinity, undisturbed & therefore dominating.
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