Indige**us rapper expertly shuts down people defending blackface
 

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.

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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...

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