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Old 11-09-2013, 11:48 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by djchameleon View Post
yep that's the guy and blackface just isn't necessary period doesn't matter if people in different countries don't know about it's racist history.

If you need to paint your face black to make your costume more ~authentic~ then your costume fucking sucks if people can't tell what you are without doing that.
If their wasn't a racist history in some arbitrary country would it matter? Especially if they're not even using it as a costume for black people?
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