Poll of the Day > White Man in BLACKFACE said his BLACK FRIENDS gave him PERMISSION to do it!!!

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A group of men at Philadelphias annual New Year's Day Mummers Parade were kicked out of the celebration because they were blackface as one man said he got PERMISSION from his BLACK FRIENDS to DO WHATEVER HE WANTS!!

Marchers with the "Froggy Carr Club" were dressed as "Gritty" the 7 foot orange furry creature mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers as 800 walked down the club singing Frogs Getting Gritty with it while dressed in orange and black but many were sporting blackface and they were booted.

Kevin Hinkel defended it claiming it's not racist and said "I talk to black people. I have friends who are black. They told me, what are you talking about? YOu can wear whatever you want. That aint discriminating to me. That aint racist to me. If the several black people i know are okay with my face looking like this, then that tells me i have permission to do so and not seem racist"

Kevin also claims he wore blackface to HONOUR his FRIEND who DIED because he ALSO WORE BLACKFACE and said "I don't do this a lot. My friend, he passed away. He also wore blackface so i'm doing this for him. I'll be done with it after this year. But we aint racist and we don't look for trouble."

Froggy Carr Member, Mike Tomaszwski said "All the blackface, it aint all about that". When asked why he wore blackface, he said "Causei like it. yeah why not?I know it's a shame to be WHIT in Philly now. It's a shame. It has nothing to do with being racist to the balck person or white person or yellow person. It's our tradition. When asked if people asked why he chose to do it, he said "What do i say to them? Don't worry about it. stay in your neighborhood and i'll stay in mine. That's what i do"

Mayor Jim Kenney condemned the costumes saying it was abhorrent and unacceptable

The parade is an annual tradition that's been celebrated for more than a century and traces back to mid 17th century where parade local clubs compete in categories for prize money on best costume and performances. But it has stirred controversy over participants racist depiction of minority groups including blackface,redface and other impersonations.

Last year participants caused controversy when participants had a black man leading a white man on a leash as they claimed they were pretending to be JAY-Z and MAYOR JIM KENNEY

Do you believe these men when they say they weren't trying to stir the pot?

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Who they claim they were trying to dress as

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Parade -

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Getting permission from your friends doesn't allow you to shit stir without consequences. Fair, next.

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Justin Trudeau follower.

So this is more like trying on your sisters clothes because you feel different gendered. Or just pick different characters in games.

Guess I will just never understand stuff like this.

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Wait, if he was trying to look like Gritty then why didn't he have an orange beard or team jersey on? Sounds like he is backpedaling on his bad decision.

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reguardless if they were personally offended or not, anyone that lets you walk out in blackface is not a good friend

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"I dont do this a lot. My friend, he passed away. He wore blackface, so Im doing this for him," Hinkle said. "Ill be done with it after this year. But we aint racist and we dont look for trouble."

"My friend died and loved blackface so I'm doing it for him! " has to be the funniest excuse.

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Jesus if you're going to make like 20 different salty John's, just dont fucking do it.

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Lmao

What a fucking moron

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If you need to defend/explain something like this, it's probably best not to do it.

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Their color scheme was orange and black. The black face paint wasn't "black face" (ie, pretending to be black), it was just black face paint. Typical outrage culture spiraling out of control and insinuating racism where there was none.
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mrduckbear posted...

redface

Didn't know this was a thing. I take it blueface is racist to smurfs?


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in 5th grade, i did a book report on Ralph David Abernathy, for Black History month, and i read my report in black face, ok?

that was the day i learned about black face, i got an A, ok?

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ClarkDuke posted...

in 5th grade, i did a book report on Ralph David Abernathy, for Black History month, and i read my report in black face, ok?

that was the day i learned about black face, i got an A, ok?

This made me so happy

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Bad and weird shit has always happened since the beginning of the world...

But is it just me or has it been a little extra as of late?

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his black friends are jerks

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EvilMegas posted...

This made me so happy

i'm just happy i could put a smile on your face, ok?

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Nichtcrawler X posted...

Guess I will just never understand stuff like this.

Me either. Dressing up how you want and people complaining about it. Complainers gonna complain.

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awezomerobot posted...

Wait, if he was trying to look like Gritty then why didn't he have an orange beard or team jersey on? Sounds like he is backpedaling on his bad decision.

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ClarkDuke posted...

in 5th grade, i did a book report on Ralph David Abernathy, for Black History month, and i read my report in black face, ok?

that was the day i learned about black face, i got an A, ok?

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FrndNhbrHdCEman posted...

your gif is broken, but the effort is appreciated, ok?

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Would have been funny if this was about Nick Rekieta.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Getting permission from your friends doesn't allow you to shit stir without consequences. Fair, next.

Nick Cannon and Dave Chappelle can white face though and all is okay?

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No one really can explain why blackface is racist. Even Black people don't see racism in that.
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Amuseum posted...

No one really can explain why blackface is racist. Even Black people don't see racism in that.

Lol

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Amuseum posted...

No one really can explain why blackface is racist. Even Black people don't see racism in that.

as a fellow spokesperson for all black people, i'm actually pretty sure they all get a kick out of it.

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