blackface

South Carolina Sheriff's Candidate: I Wore Blackface 10 Years Ago

2:30pm October 10, 2019

by Victoria Hansen

In a political ad, Craig Stivender, a Republican candidate for sheriff in Colleton County, S.C., says he wanted to share his past mistakes before opponents tried to use them to disparage him.

A model is seen wearing a black Gucci turtleneck with red lips. After the company was widely criticized for what many saw as resembling blackface, Gucci withdrew the sweaters from its shelves.

Blackface Didn't End In The 1980s

8:02am February 13, 2019

by Hafsa Quraishi

Two top Virginia lawmakers have admitted to wearing blackface in the 1980s. But blackface didn't stop then.

Demonstrators hold signs and chant in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 2. They were calling for the resignation of Gov. Ralph Northam after a racist photo on his medical school yearbook page came to light. He denies that he is in the photo but admits to once dressi

Racist Med School Yearbook Photos? Medicine's Racism Problems Go Even Deeper

1:57pm February 12, 2019

The media attention around a racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page sheds light on the larger problem of how racism affects medical care for African-Americans.

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A photo on the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity yearbook page from 1972 shows someone wearing blackface for a costume.

National

U.Va. Students Investigate Their Yearbook's Racist History — Starting With Its Title

10:55pm February 10, 2019

In poring through past yearbooks, the student journalists are reckoning with the racist history of both their state and their campus. A historian says the yearbook's title itself refers to blackface.

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A Black Pete interacts with children during the arrival of Sinterklaas in Monnickendam, Netherlands, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018.

World News

A Dutch Holiday Tradition: Protesting A Christmas Character In Blackface

2:56pm December 05, 2018

by Ian Stewart

The figure at the center of the controversy is Zwarte Piet – Black Pete – often portrayed by people who don Afro wigs and paint their faces black.

Pastor Mark Burns spoke at the Republican National Convention last month, calling on Republicans to "come together to defeat Hillary Clinton and those race-baiting Democrats."

Trump Surrogate Tweets Cartoon Of Hillary Clinton In Blackface

9:29pm August 29, 2016

by Amita Kelly

Pastor Mark Burns apologized for the tweet, which mocked Hillary Clinton with a cartoon that read, in part, "I ain't no ways tired of pandering to African Americans."

Tenor Placido Domingo performs the title role in a 1994 performance of Verdi's Otello at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Metropolitan Opera To Drop Use Of Blackface-Style Makeup In 'Otello'

6:08pm August 04, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

The Met says it is committed to "colorblind casting" and that its production of Otello this fall will be the first without dark makeup since the opera was first seen at the company in 1891.

Scene still from Bert Williams Lime Kiln Field Day Project. Bert Williams, Walker Thompson (standing center), John Wesley Jenkins (seated right). In a concession to white audiences, Williams, the lead, wore blackface, but the other black characters did no

Arts

Rare Silent Film With Black Cast Makes A Century-Late Debut

11:17am November 07, 2014

by Walter Ray Watson

A 1913 romantic comedy starring black actors is finally hitting the big screen, after decades in the Museum of Modern Art archives. It's paired with an exhibit called 100 Years in Post-Production.

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