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Northwestern Students In Blackface Spark Outrage

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

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Two white Northwestern University students are in hot water after photos of them wearing blackface for Halloween surfaced this week on Facebook and sp...

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'America's Next Top Model' Puts Models In Blackface

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment

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It's never a surprise when Tyra Banks pulls a tacky, over-the-top stunt on America's Next Top Model. But in last night's episode, Tyra crossed the fin...

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The Deep Wounds of Black-Facism

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

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Jilly Gagnon

Spurred by a recent debacle on Australian television program "Hey Hey It's Saturday," black-face people worldwide are stepping forward and demanding they be treated with the respect and equality they deserve.

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Harry Connick On Hey Hey: Blackface Peformance Offends Connick (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment

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An Australian act's blackface impression of The Jackson Five did not impress celebrity judge Harry Connick Jr. The American musician and actor was d...

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I Have a Nightmare

Greg Saunders | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Greg Saunders

In the last two years, Republicans have been so angry they've had to invent new ways to be racist. Racism no longer comes in degrees of offensiveness, but in flavors of hate speech.

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PC Whiners Aside, Downey Jr. Deserves His Oscar Nod

John Ridley | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment

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John Ridley

On the heels of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcing the nominees for their 81st shindig, there were the usual nontroversies over who was named and who was ignored.

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Blackface In Goodman Theatre Production Ignites Controversy

Chicago Sun-Times | Hedy Weiss | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

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A play at the Goodman Theatre that features a white actress in blackface is sparking controversy. Late Wednesday afternoon, hours before the opening ...

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Inside Hollywood Jokes Kill Tropic Thunder

Sergio Mims | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment

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Sergio Mims

Hollywood is a place so insular and self-centered that it's convinced that everyone else on the planet is as enraptured as they are about themselves and the going-ons behind the scenes.

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SNL's Non-Black Obama Wears Honeyface, Not Blackface

New York Magazine | Bennett Marcus | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Lorne Michaels took some heat for picking Venezuelan-Japanese cast member Fred Armisen to play Barack Obama when Saturday Night Live returned to the a...

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