Re: Got lucky at the drive thru

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:01:31 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:

On 4/11/2025 11:39 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-04-12, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-04-11 7:26 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:

 

FFS, David. What do you think 'black face' is for anyways?

 

Apparently it is for getting people into deep shit.

 
 
Didn't used to be. Are we moving forward or backward? Do we glorify or
slander people by erasing their ethnicity and gender?
 

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Sure it was.
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/02/us/racist-origins-of-blackface/index.html
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It’s been nearly 200 years since white performers first started painting
their faces black to mock enslaved Africans in minstrel shows across the
United States. It was racist and offensive then, and it’s still racist
and offensive today.

Didn't Leo recently call people of colour ape people?

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Bruce
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