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Hollywood’s History Of Blackface

ISSUES Posted: February 8, 2019 1:02 pm

Most Americans today are so removed from the heyday of blackface, when an entertainer like Al Jolson could cement their iconic status with it, that, like the Confederate flag, it is embraced by some as a triumphant act of transgressive rebellion and/or willful ignorance, a thumb in the eye of the politically correct. – The Daily Beast

ISSUES Published: 02.08.19, sj

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