Comments on: Innocent Halloween costume or blackface?

By: omg too funny

omg too funny — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:38:53 +0000

Okay sooo a few dressed like hobbits and walked around! Shorter people UNITE!!! *rofl*

The real test to these sensibilities would be what would happen if 4 men of color had worn the same theme.

I mean seriously people. Get a grip!

By: Costumes

Costumes — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:26:43 +0000

Seriously you guys need to lighten up the world has gone all PC it’s ridiculous, it’s obvious these guys didn’t mean any offence.

Question to all the moaners above is who offends who if someone were to go as Michael Jackson….

By: Ashcan

Ashcan — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:34:01 +0000

Black face BY WHITES is always racist, there are no exceptions, BF has racist origins, it was created to DEMONIZE black people, just as redface and yellowface was invented BY WHITES to demonize those respective groups as well.

What about ‘White Chicks’ the movie? Whiteface does NOT equal blackface, their origins are much different.

By: Halloween Costumes

Halloween Costumes — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:27:53 +0000

I have to agree with Mike and Andre. The whole race issue needs to be put to bed. We are all people just trying to make it in the world. Both sides make fun of the other. The US has a black president. Things have changed. Look at all of the interracial relationships these days. One day we are all going to be the same color. It is sad when anyone of any race get there feelings hurt. Sometimes I think everyone needs to stop and think for a minute and always remember if you can’t laugh at yourself who can you laugh at.

By: Dean Ericson

Dean Ericson — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:36:45 +0000

The bobsled team is to be applauded for their clever and highly amusing skit. Bravo!

By: Adebe DeRango-Adem: Blackface, Eh?: Canada’s Racialist Vernacular | Deconstructing The News

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:00:03 +0000

[...] this year for dressing up as the Hollywood version of the Jamaican bobsled team from the film Cool Runnings for a university-hosted Halloween party. The students went to the party in blackface, and won the award for best costume. When later [...]

By: wow

wow — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:22:18 +0000

response to jess
“The only issue I see relevant today is that all the faces I see walking on the street are underrepresented on television where all white casts are central in movies and shows.”- are you hiding under a rock? This is the only issue of race you see in society? What about the treatment of racial minorities by the “justice” system, what about the fact that racial claims (like the one being discussed here) are trivialized, why are governemnts unrepresentative of the population, why when Blacks are represented in media is is done in a stereotypical way (criminals, athletes, etc.)? Why? Because race is still an issue in our society. The ignorant people who posted above are bound to have children who they pass on their ignorant elitist attitudes to- the cycle continues.

You are what is wrong with society. Most of the comments posted above are ignorant and exemplify an attitude of white privelege that ignores racism, because it is not something that you have to or want to deal with. “As far as you can see”- seems you cannot see at all.

A debate about race is NOT outdated. Race is and will always be relevant to our society. Just because Canada is become more multicultural does not mean that racism is eliminated. The very fact that you stated that shows how truly ignorant you are. I mean look at some of the comments posted above. These people are ignorant and exhibit racism.

Lets just take the advice of those who have posted and ignore racial issues. Lets ignore the fact that aboriginals and other minorities are treated horribly in our society, lets ignore the fact the curriculums being taught in our schools are based on white history and ignore all others,etc.

For many of those who posted above, educate yourselves before you speak.

By: Adebe DeRango-Adem: Blackface, Eh?: Canada’s Racialist Vernacular | News from: The Huffington Post - Breaking News and Opinion

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:27:11 +0000

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By: Kosi Modekwe

Kosi Modekwe — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:53:08 +0000

You people do not seem to get it. It is not about the costume (although some people might find that culturally offensive), because of the relation it has to the arguably comedic/racist movie cool runnings, but it is about the fact these kids went and painted there faces with brown foundation makeup to darken their skin. The history behind “black face” is 100% offensive, and it is rational that any black person finds it offensive.

For you guys to sit here and comment and say that its a joke, and its just a costume, and that “we as white people experience discrimination 24/7″ is ignorance in itself.

There is no history behind “painting your face white”, nor with “being white and listening to hiphop”.. and even if there is its not brutally offensive like the history of painting your face black.

Maybe the method of enlightening you guys with this subject is a bit condescending, but you must see past the costume, and the fact there faces were painted black and they were PRAISED for it.