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1. www.bbc.com › news › world-australia-35601105Why do Australians keep wearing blackface? - BBC News

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   Feb 24, 2016 · Campaigners say excuses that blackface is less potent in isolated Australia than in the US sound increasingly hollow in a global society.

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2. www.nytimes.com › 2016/11/08 › opinionOpinion | Why Isn’t Blackface Taboo for Australians? - The ...

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   Nov 4, 2016 · “In Australia, Blackface Is Still Only Slightly Offensive,” was a headline on the website Gawker in 2009. Writing about the Serena Williams incident, Adrian Hasenmayer of Fox Sports said...

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   • While the practice of blackface for entertainment has died out in America, it continues to happen in Australia. Elder believes this is due in large part to the population difference between Indigenous Australians and African-Americans.

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   Does Australia have a blackface cycle?

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   What does Blackface mean?

   • Blackface is the practice of non- black performers using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment. In the United States, the practice became a popular entertainment during the 19th century into the 20th.

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   • Asked for an opinion on the latest blackface rumpus, Indigenous rapper Briggs said: "Australia has its own history of blackface that dates back hundreds of years. So excuse me, Hugo from Flight Facilities, but are you a history of major in race relations in Australia? Go f**k yourself."

   Why do Australians keep wearing blackface? - triple j

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BlackfaceBlackface - Wikipedia

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   Blackface is the practice of performers, typically non-black performers, using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment. In the United States, the practice became a popular entertainment during the 19th century into the 20th.

5. www.abc.net.au › triplej › programsWhy do Australians keep wearing blackface? - triple j

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   Aug 27, 2016 · While there are plenty of examples of actors wearing blackface in Australian films, it's fair to say the history of blackface has been largely confined to the US.

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7. theconversation.com › explainer-why-blackface-andExplainer: why blackface (and brownface) offend

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   Sep 27, 2016 · People don blackface with disturbing regularity in Australia. The fact that they do highlights an ongoing lack of understanding of what blackface symbolises and why people find it offensive.

8. www.buzzfeed.com › allanclarke › a-long-sad-historyA Long, Sad History Of Australia’s Love Affair With Blackface

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   Feb 2, 2016 · A Long, Sad History Of Australia’s Love Affair With Blackface. "Australia has a long history with this sort of whole performance of blackface." by Allan Clarke. BuzzFeed News Reporter,...

9. www.vice.com › en › articleWe Asked Some Australians to Define What’s Wrong With Blackface

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   Feb 1, 2016 · News. We Asked Some Australians to Define What’s Wrong With Blackface. Yesterday's controversy over blackface revealed how differently people define racism. We found that not many people in...