The “R” Word

[sabaw]

Honestly, ask any person who knows me really well and they'll probably tell you that I am very sensitive to anything that seriously disrespects and degrades anyone based on gender, age and more importantly, ethnicity or race.

As a person of Filipino- Chinese descent and as an Australian-Filipino citizen, I find it very offensive when people

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[squickyclean]

I'm guessing they were offended because the history behind Blackface makes it as loaded and offensive as the N-word.

[sabaw]

i just dont understand y it's ok for harry connick jr (snl) or robert downy jr (tropic thunder) to paint their faces back for comedy and yet that skit was labelled racist. And how do non-african ppl portray the jacksons w/o painting themselves black? It wasnt a big budget performance. These were amateurs dressed up as their idols. I honestly think it was blown out of proportion.