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I assume that blackface and minsteral shows would be the cannonical example. While not ill-intentioned, they were inarguably insensitive and trivialising toward
by jahewson 11y ago
I assume that blackface and minsteral shows would be the cannonical example. While not ill-intentioned, they were inarguably insensitive and trivialising towards people who were very much marginalised at that point in time. That may have lead to a reinforcement of stereotypes which ensured continued marginalisation - so a harmful feedback loop.
Of course that couldn't be more different from the events of this news piece. The arrogance of the "offendees" is an astounding exercise in suppressing cultural awareness and integration. Talk about supremacy.
- venomsnake 11y ago> I assume that blackface and minsteral shows would be the cannonical example. In eastern Europe and Russia blackface is chimney sweeper usually. Also there are virtually no black people there. The world is big.
- pluma 11y agoNot sure why this was downvoted. When I was a child (in Germany) blackface was common for chimney sweeper costumes (representing soot). I grew up in a city but there was only one black kid in our entire school -- and to be frank, it would have never occurred to me to shame him for his skin colour. I'm aware of the implications of blackface in the US (and of blackface used to actually imitate darker skin tones) but it's incredibly insulting to assume that the US is representative for all Western cultures.