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Why Is It Racist To Dress Up As Someone With Dark Skin At A Fancy Dress Party?
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It's ridiculous. He's not made any racist remarks or incited violence, all he has done is get dressed up for a fancy dress party. Anyway, I thought that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery?
It's ridiculous. He's not made any racist remarks or incited violence, all he has done is get dressed up for a fancy dress party. Anyway, I thought that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Black people have been going to lengths to imitate their white counterparts for ages. Many of them straighten and dye their hair (into styles and colours which occur naturally in no black people) and others make efforts to whiten their skin. Nobody gives a toss about it. Nobody should worry about this either. Unless it's done to be deliberately offensive it isn't racist to emulate the appearance or mannerisms of black people.
You can't, but you can tell them that they're not reading the situation correctly. Ie, dressing up like samuel L jackson and going blackface to represent the character you're trying to be isn't making a mockery of the entire race, they're not mocking anything. It just takes a someone to reflect that action to the blackface of back in the day
Q: “How many people have to be offended before it becomes a racist 'act'?”
A: One.
Recommendation 12 (of 70) of the report into the death of Stephen Lawrence:
DEFINITION OF RACIST INCIDENT
12. That the definition should be: "A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person".
That recommendation was accepted and has been implemented. So, if the lady who took umbrage on the tube believed she witnessed a racist incident, it was a racist incident.
A: One.
Recommendation 12 (of 70) of the report into the death of Stephen Lawrence:
DEFINITION OF RACIST INCIDENT
12. That the definition should be: "A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person".
That recommendation was accepted and has been implemented. So, if the lady who took umbrage on the tube believed she witnessed a racist incident, it was a racist incident.
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