quote:
Wrong....I have already explained that I was citing information from respected news publications (Advocate & WWL). As I said earlier, If "they" thought it was newsworthy enough to print, I thought it was newsworthy enough to cite.

Just because it's newsworthy to them, doesn't mean you have to agree with it or give it a high level of significance/respect.

You've been told repeatedly why the facepainting done at Zulu is not "blackface" yet you keep ignoring it.

There is a national dialogue regarding blackface right now and there are some people who have issues with Zulu. That doesn't defacto mean what Zulu is doing is morally or socially wrong.

Many times, society rushes to judgment without gathering all the facts or history behind something. Look at the picture I posted of Drake in blackface. You'd assume that was wrong and he should be publicly ridiculed for that, right? But the facts behind that picture show he was actually working on a movie portraying the negative history behind blackface.

You really need to stop blindly following the masses. The masses and the media were quick to judge in the Jussie Smollett situation and they all were left with egg on their face.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by Irish LSU Fan

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Member since Nov 2014

2456 posts

Posted on 2/22/19 at 12:45 pm to Mickey Goldmill

quote:
Just because it's newsworthy to them, doesn't mean you have to agree with it or give it a high level of significance/respect.

I don't have to agree with it.....I choose to agree with it.

quote:
You've been told repeatedly why the facepainting done at Zulu is not "blackface" yet you keep ignoring it.

Not ignoring, I disagree (and so do many black people in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, etc.)
Here is a quote from an article about the Drake photo: "Blackface is the practice of non-Black people darkening their skin in deliberate attempts to impersonate Black people."
LINK

quote:
There is a national dialogue regarding blackface right now and there are some people who have issues with Zulu. That doesn't defacto mean what Zulu is doing is morally or socially wrong.

None of this is "defacto." Many people have opinions. I have not called for Zulu to stop what they are doing. They have every right to employ/require blackface. And I have a right to point it out as racist and hurtful.