It must be Blackface season. All manner of white people, whether people dressing up for Halloween, Australian TV variety shows, fashion magazines and even French TV programs think it is okay to put on Blackface. The clip above–the latest incident of blackface–is from the French TV program, “Rendez-vous en terre inconnue,”” which sends celebrities to […]
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