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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
No self respecting person can righteously extend George FGloyd's murder into a movement in the UK that demand we eradicate parts of our history.
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Placing it in a museum isn't eradicating history.
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Originally Posted by Rexz
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Blackface is different because of the particular historical connotation it brings up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
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The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music performances that depicted people specifically of African descent. The shows were performed by white people in make-up or blackface for the purpose of playing the role of black people. There were also some African-American performers and all-black minstrel groups that formed and toured under the direction of white people. Minstrel shows lampooned black people as dim-witted, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, and happy-go-lucky.
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In the U.K the history is slightly different complicating the issue but that historical connection from America remains powerful, especially since they were doing the above during a time of slavery.