See, I think that's silly and actually makes things worse, because it's ignoring the context of black face and therefore ignoring history (which is exactly the problem with people doing actual blackface). She's not even that dark, she could easily be that colour after a few solarium sessions. But then, I'm white, so my opinion on the matter doesn't really count.
John Safran and Chris Lilly are both white Australians who have played black Americans in TV shows and I think you'd have to be looking to be offended to be offended by them. Especially Lilly's character who is a rich, suburban black kid pretending to be gangster.
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Date: 2013-11-11 10:08 pm (UTC)John Safran and Chris Lilly are both white Australians who have played black Americans in TV shows and I think you'd have to be looking to be offended to be offended by them. Especially Lilly's character who is a rich, suburban black kid pretending to be gangster.