Blackface was never funny
Blackface was never funny. It’s dehumanising. What follows is a policeman’s knee on a man’s neck
25 June 2020 - 06:00
Three words for the folks whining about Leon Schuster’s movies being pulled off Showmax and an episode of Fawlty Towers being yanked off the BBC’s repeats: are you kidding?
Here’s another word for anyone who thinks that freedom of expression is being trampled on by angry people who would love to see Schuster’s movies consigned to the dustbin of history: blackface...
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