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joe40001 posted...

I find the idea that people think a white guy with black makeup acting like a specific black person is equal to racially offensive stereotypes to be much more racist than the act itself.

You are basically calling A Chris Rock Impression "the same thing as all the most offensive and ignorant exaggerated impressions of black people" which is pretty fucking insulting to Chris Rock.

This whole world would be a lot less dumb if we had a seperate word for blackface and "wearing skin darkening makeup to do an impression that meant 0 offense."

So I guess the idea is that we should never do impressions of celebrities from different races. We should after all, racially segregate as much as possible, because that's what MLK would've wanted, that's how we learn equality, by never ever ever letting people forget about their racial differences.

This is so dumb, but of course Jimmy would play into it.

I mean the whole bit's premise is for the white guy to look like a black guy and make jokes about black people. >_>

I don't equate it to the level of blackface from years ago nor do I find it as offensive as Kimmel's Karl Malone. But the concept is just a bit odd.

Other races can and should do impersonations of each other. It's just white people have to be a bit more careful about it just due to the history of black-face.

I mean no one is saying Fallon did a bad impersonation at all. In fact most people have praised it. So the whole "races shouldn't impersonate each other" counterpoint you are making is kinda moot.

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