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08-26-2016, 06:51 AM
Indige**us rapper expertly shuts down people defending blackface
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It's simple: Blackface is very, very bad.
Yet it's (once again) become the source of outrage Thursday, following the case of an Australian mother dressing her kid up as a famous football player, complete with blackface makeup. Luckily, Yorta Yorta rapper/actor Adam Briggs has broken down just how invalid all defences of the practice are.
SEE ALSO: #Indige**usDads trends in Australia in powerful response to 'racist' cartoon (http://mashable.com/2016/08/06/indige**us-dads-trends-twitter/)
The child was dressed to look like Australian rules player Nic Naitanui, who is of Fijian descent, for a school event called Book Week. You're meant to dress as your favourite book character, but that's a different story.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/25/blackface-briggs-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It's simple: Blackface is very, very bad.
Yet it's (once again) become the source of outrage Thursday, following the case of an Australian mother dressing her kid up as a famous football player, complete with blackface makeup. Luckily, Yorta Yorta rapper/actor Adam Briggs has broken down just how invalid all defences of the practice are.
SEE ALSO: #Indige**usDads trends in Australia in powerful response to 'racist' cartoon (http://mashable.com/2016/08/06/indige**us-dads-trends-twitter/)
The child was dressed to look like Australian rules player Nic Naitanui, who is of Fijian descent, for a school event called Book Week. You're meant to dress as your favourite book character, but that's a different story.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/25/blackface-briggs-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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