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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 16 Oct 19 2.12pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

I see that the president of Atlantic Records has been forced to step down after criticism of the Run DMC costume that he wore to a fancy dress party seven years ago.

Can someone enlighten please about what is so offensive about what he wore when the whole idea of the party was to come dressed as your favourite musical icon?

 

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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I see that the president of Atlantic Records has been forced to step down after criticism of the Run DMC costume that he wore to a fancy dress party seven years ago.

Can someone enlighten please about what is so offensive about what he wore when the whole idea of the party was to come dressed as your favourite musical icon?

So he has been asked to 'Walk This Way' to the exit.

Maybe he should have gone as Steve Tyler.

Do we have pitures?

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Oct 19 2.31pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

One assumes the whole issue is about 'Black face' and the fact that is is viewed as being offensive.

If a black person applied white makeup to his face and went to a fancy dress party dressed as Elton John would this also be deemed offensive ?

I really don't recall there being any furore about Michael Jackson changing his appearance.

Edited by Willo (16 Oct 2019 2.38pm)

 

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View EverybodyDannsNow's Profile EverybodyDannsNow Flag SE19 16 Oct 19 3.10pm Send a Private Message to EverybodyDannsNow Add EverybodyDannsNow as a friend

There’s no way people don’t understand why blackface can be construed as offensive at this point - you can disagree with that conclusion certainly, but to still be asking ‘why is white face ok’ is painfully, painfully silly.

 

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View Qwijibo's Profile Qwijibo Flag Bournemouth 16 Oct 19 3.15pm Send a Private Message to Qwijibo Add Qwijibo as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

One assumes the whole issue is about 'Black face' and the fact that is is viewed as being offensive.

If a black person applied white makeup to his face and went to a fancy dress party dressed as Elton John would this also be deemed offensive ?

I really don't recall there being any furore about Michael Jackson changing his appearance.


Edited by Willo (16 Oct 2019 2.38pm)

Really pretty sure there was.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Oct 19 3.21pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

There’s no way people don’t understand why blackface can be construed as offensive at this point - you can disagree with that conclusion certainly, but to still be asking ‘why is white face ok’ is painfully, painfully silly.

It was a genuine question not a rhetorical one.
In this modern PC era would it be deemed offensive if a black person dressed up in fancy dress as a white pop star ?

Maybe I don't possess the bandwith cerebrally to understand the complexities of this issue but I am more than happy to be educated accordingly to perhaps gain a greater understanding of the issues involved.

Edited by Willo (16 Oct 2019 3.35pm)

 

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View chris123's Profile chris123 Flag hove actually 16 Oct 19 4.28pm Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

So he has been asked to 'Walk This Way' to the exit.

Maybe he should have gone as Steve Tyler.

Do we have pitures?

And he was told to hip hop off.

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 16 Oct 19 5.55pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

There’s no way people don’t understand why blackface can be construed as offensive at this point -

Is that what it's all about as the articles I read were all very vague?

 

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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

There’s no way people don’t understand why blackface can be construed as offensive at this point - you can disagree with that conclusion certainly, but to still be asking ‘why is white face ok’ is painfully, painfully silly.

And this is where we have to differ.

It is the double standards that matter in 2019, not some carefully engineered position of being offended by historical attitudes.

How long are we going to endure an ever growing list of behaviours that are deemed offensive to one or another 'races'?
When we swallow one, there will be a new one following behind.
One the one hand, this is about globalisation and creating a multicultural pool of international consumer/workers.
On the other, it is about power and influence.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (16 Oct 2019 6.04pm)

 

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View EverybodyDannsNow's Profile EverybodyDannsNow Flag SE19 16 Oct 19 6.21pm Send a Private Message to EverybodyDannsNow Add EverybodyDannsNow as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Is that what it's all about as the articles I read were all very vague?

I can only assume so

 

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View EverybodyDannsNow's Profile EverybodyDannsNow Flag SE19 16 Oct 19 6.25pm Send a Private Message to EverybodyDannsNow Add EverybodyDannsNow as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

And this is where we have to differ.

It is the double standards that matter in 2019, not some carefully engineered position of being offended by historical attitudes.

How long are we going to endure an ever growing list of behaviours that are deemed offensive to one or another 'races'?
When we swallow one, there will be a new one following behind.
One the one hand, this is about globalisation and creating a multicultural pool of international consumer/workers.
On the other, it is about power and influence.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (16 Oct 2019 6.04pm)

To be clear, I never particularly shared my view on blackface.

Clearly, based on your post above, you understand the reason it is deemed offensive by some, you just disagree with that reasoning - that’s a different position to that which I was challenging.

I don’t really see how it’s about power and influence though.

 

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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

To be clear, I never particularly shared my view on blackface.

Clearly, based on your post above, you understand the reason it is deemed offensive by some, you just disagree with that reasoning - that’s a different position to that which I was challenging.

I don’t really see how it’s about power and influence though.

It's about minorities flexing the proverbial muscles in a country where they are relative newcomers or have risen in social status.
In Britain, it's akin to living in a house for 20 years and then getting new neighbours who park aross you drive and then tell you to fix your dividing fence.

Your fence might need mending but who wants to hear it under those circumstances?

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (16 Oct 2019 6.47pm)

 

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