Mary Poppins branded a racist

[Alcott]

And what about all the athletes, mostly in baseball and football, who use eyeblack to reduce sun glare?

Raccoons are racists!

 

[HankD]

What I want to know is what is racist about a white man painting his face black?

I seem to remember a movie in which 2 black men painted themselves and played the roles of 2 white women.

"White Chicks" Wayans?

Should the Wayans be censured? If not why not?

I didn't see the movie but thought it odd.

Anyway why would it be racist for me to paint my face black?

What about when on a military mission under the cover of darkness - that's a tactical defense - to paint my face black.

OK but let's just say I'm a racist if you need to judge me. OK, That's out of the way,

So, if I am a white racist/supremacist Why then would i want to paint myself black!?

Seriously.

OK, Went on ROKU.

The movie is "White Chicks" 2004 with Shawn and Marlon Wayans.
White Chicks (2004) - IMDb

The plot:
Two African-American FBI agents go undercover disguised as white women to foil a kidnapping attempt.
It's a 4 star movie but only received a 15% Rotten Tomato award.

 

[HankD]

Actually "Black Face" in the stage/movie industry goes back to Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer (1927) the FIRST Talkie.

He was the son of a synagogue cantor. He sang "Mammie" in the movie in black-face,

Al was from a religious Jewish background.

Personally I believe Al's motive was pure.
He identified with the suffering the black man received here in America from slavery and White Supremacy (KKK).

That identity - being a Jew he knew first hand the suffering of racism through anti-semitism.

This movie is also available on ROKU.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

Personally I believe Al's motive was pure.
He identified with the suffering the black man received here in America from slavery and White Supremacy (KKK).
That identity - being a Jew he knew first hand the suffering of racism through anti-semitism.

Nice spin, Hank. JK. He may very well have meant well (I suspect he did), though that would not be enough to excuse him (in "their" eyes).

However, the race argument is never true. Being of a certain race never precludes the possibility of racism, reverse racism, or any other vice, or virtue. I know you know that, but it needs to be said...repeatedly.

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

"When all one has is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Don't know who first said this, but libs are sure great at using the racism "hammer."

You hit it on the head there. Attacking with “You’re (a) racist!” works so well because of its emotional impact. The accusation is almost invariably vacuous, like the accuser’s cranium. But emotional "arguments" work.

 

[HankD]

Nice spin, Hank. JK. He may very well have meant well (I suspect he did), though that would not be enough to excuse him (in "their" eyes).

excuse him of what?

However, the race argument is never true. Being of a certain race never precludes the possibility of racism, reverse racism, or any other vice, or virtue. I know you know that, but it needs to be said...repeatedly.

There is no such thing as "race".

There is only one race - the human race.

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

 

[RighteousnessTemperance&]

excuse him of what?


There is no such thing as "race".

There is only one race - the human race.

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Good one, blood.

 

[Alcott]

There is no such thing as "race".

There is only one race - the human race.

Then there is no such thing as "racism."

 

[HankD]

Then there is no such thing as "racism."

True.

 

[OnlyaSinner]

You hit it on the head there. Attacking with “You’re (a) racist!” works so well because of its emotional impact. The accusation is almost invariably vacuous, like the accuser’s cranium. But emotional "arguments" work.

Another version of Orwell's "Four legs good! Two legs bad!"

 

[HankD]

You're a Racist! - It's lost its sting and is mostly ignored.

 

[Marooncat79]

Coal miner 1979-82

DNA says Im african american. 1.5%