some thoughts on blackface, racism and (maybe) cultural appropriation

I’ve been only half-listening to the apparent furore about some politician having worn ‘blackface’ decades ago to a fancy-dress party (I may not even have those facts straight) and I’ve been struck by the absoluteness of pundits’ condemnation of this behaviour as deeply offensive. So heads must roll. This is apparently about ‘race’, and black-white … Continue reading some thoughts on blackface, racism and (maybe) cultural appropriation