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Re:Facebook's new policy bans blackface and some Jewish ster... by bkor on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:30AM (#24130032)
How's showing a certain group of people in a ridiculous way helping blacks and showing positivity?

I agree that Zwarte Piet is portrayed as a great person/character. Despite that, the way it's shown is nowadays outdated and is actually harmful. So despite everything being done in a way that is NOT racist at all, in practice it does cause some harm.

IMO the easy way out would still be to paint people, but to paint them in some weird colour.

Note: it took me a long time to get to this, this as "Kick Out Zwarte Piet" is one of the most stupid advocacy groups that I've seen. It almost seems like a hidden advocacy group IMO.

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Re:Facebook's new policy bans blackface and some Jewish ster... by DanBC on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:49AM (#24130153)
> IMO the easy way out would still be to paint people, but to paint them in some weird colour.

This is what some English / Welsh "Border Morris" dancers do. This page shows a wide mix. There's full black, half black or black shapes, soot-like smudges[1], mixed black and colour, or full non-black colour.

http://projectbritain.com/mayday/morrisdancing.html

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