Drag Queen in Blackface

[runningdownthatdream]

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013...rformance.html

[danthepoetman]

Yes, the makeup obviously reminds the old, racist minstrel shows. They did the right thing by kicking her out, imo... There's some limit to free expression. When you reach hatred or something that reminds it, to me you crossed the boundary.

[Ben in LA]

Not touching this one...

[BellaBellucci]

I think everyone here knows how I feel about racism. I hate it with every fiber of my being. However, it strikes me as a bit of a double-standard that one can sensationalize a gender, but not a race. Women have been the subject of persecution and repression since the beginning of time, and it's almost a DQ's very job to mock us, as was that of men playing a female characters in many classical plays.

That said, it was still such a bad idea that it had to be a publicity stunt. I seriously doubt that there will be any long term consequences for this, and probably enough attention to warrant any in the short term.

~BB~

[GroobySteven]

[Ben in LA]

That's the FIRST thing that popped into my head.

The second was the fact blacks themselves did blackface.

[GroobySteven]

The second was the fact blacks themselves did blackface.

Damn - so you were wearing makeup? I thought you looked good.

[Ben in LA]

Damn - so you were wearing makeup? I thought you looked good.

[Amy Gray]

Is it any less racist if it's yellow?

[youngblood61]