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• Stars of Vaudeville #82: Moran and Mack

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 128
  “THE TWO BLACK CROWS” Moran and Mack have the dubious distinction of being the last major blackface team to work in vaudeville. As a boast, that’s sort of like putting “Kappelmeister to the Fuhrer” on your C.V. Mack had been a stage electrician who told jokes all the time. Alexander Pantages suggested he ...
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• Tyra Banks Sorta Apologizes For "Blackface" Photoshoot [Race Relations]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 813
  According to StyleList, the first seven minutes of Tyras talk show yesterday were devoted to discussing the "biracial" shoot on Americas Next Top Model , in which some contestants had their skin painted with dark makeup. Tyra said: "[If anyone was offended], I apologize because that was not my intent… Its my ...
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• Tyra Banks Apologizes Over Bi-Racial Episode of ANTM

  
  StyleList Fashion Blog — Authority: 567
  Filed under: Beauty , News , Makeup Tyra Banks apologized today if she offended anyone with the recent photo shoot featured on " Americas Next Top Model " where contestants were painted in dark makeup to depict bi-racial women. "I apologize because that was not my intent," said Banks."Its my number one ...
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• Miami-based radio host shows up to Sammy Sosas birthday party in blackface, doesnt get in

  
  Sports Pros(e) — Authority: 566
  A Miami-based jock radio host claims he was bounced from former Cub Sammy Sosas 41st birthday party for showing up in blackface . On his Web site, Enrique Santos said he was stopped on the red carpet leading to the sluggers swank Miami Beach party by a publicist who accused him of making fun of Sosa. Um, what ...
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• Blackface/Colorface: A Face of Racism

  
  Body Impolitic — Authority: 117
  Laurie says: I had a show and then got sick so I’ve been out of touch for a while.  I just become aware of the way blackface/colorface issues have surfaced in the last few days. When I saw the French Vogue with white models in blackface and then last week’s America’s Next Top Model in colorface I was ...
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• White Toronto students in blackface win Halloween costume prize.

  
  Restructure! — Authority: 409
  Apology sought after U of T students cause uproar with blackface for Halloween ( Globe & Mail ): Five students dressed as members of the Jamaican bobsled team received costume award A University of Toronto student group is demanding public apologies from organizers of a Halloween party after participants ...
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• Have you seen the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader’s Lil Wayne Outfit yet?

  
  The Sports Bank.Net — Authority: 513
  You might have heard about the Dallas Cowboys cheerleader that went dressed as Lil Wayne for Halloween…no? well she’s getting into some big trouble for this, because she also posted the photos on Facebook. Here’s more from WTMJ’s blog. I fully conquer with this line “When are people going to learn that ...
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• Charles Barkley takes to white face to teach Sammy Sosa a lesson

  
  Sports Pros(e) — Authority: 566
  Writing a post about something absurd or off-the-wall or inappropriate that Charles Barkley says is almost the blog equivalent of breathing air: It takes almost no effort or thought and happens almost every second of every day. Case in point: Sir Charles decided to goof on Sammy Sosas recent skin rejuvenation ...
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• Stars of Vaudeville #79: Walker and Williams

  
  Travalanche — Authority: 128
  Today is Bert Williams’ birthday.   George Walker and Bert Williams are important figures not only in show business history, but American cultural history, as well. Williams, the more gifted and longer-living of the two, was the Jackie Robinson of American show business, and in his theme-song “Nobody” ...
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• Is Blackface Ever OK?

  
  Liberadio(!) — Authority: 469
  The Daily Show’s Larry Wilmore answers the question, “Is Black Face Ever OK?” The quick answer? “If you wake up and your black face is smudged on your pillow, it’s not OK.” Just thought we should know. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Is Blackface Ever OK? ...
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• Heidi Klum Naked in Blackface…I Mean Chocolate Syrup

  
  Straight from the "A" [SFTA] ~ Adventures of an ATLien! — Authority: 561
  I don’t believe that model Heidi Klum is a racist. I surely don’t think that anyone married to Seal could possibly be considered one, BUT these pics are questionable to say the least. Yeah.. Yeah… I know what you’re thinking. Heidi loves her some chocolate right? Hence the imagery of her silky smooth White ...
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• Some Kids Decide Blackface Would Be Fun For Halloween….

  
  the.LIFE Files - "Welcome To Exclusiveness" — Authority: 622
  A small controversy is brewing on the campus of Northwestern University after two students posted photos of themselves on Facebook in the latest trend blackface – one as a female tennis player, the other as Bob Marley wearing a Jamaica shirt.  Check out the video after the jump to see what people are saying on ...
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• Still Not Funny: Chicago College Students Condemned For Blackface

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  [EDITORS NOTE: Apparently, these Northwestern University students didnt get our memo .] From NBCchicago.com: Two Northwestern students who attended a Halloween party dressed in blackface have sparked a public outcry from the NU community. The photos, posted on the students’ Facebook pages, have prompted ...
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• Northwestern Students in Blackface

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 156
  Filed under: News Blackface shows up so frequently these days, youd think its become a contemptible fad. Recently, this Jim Crow relic has been spotted in cartoons on high fashion pages , Mad Men and Tyra . Who can keep track? So is it any wonder that two white Northwestern University student ...
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• Cheerleader Please!

  
  threedonia.com — Authority: 493
  Happy Halloween Lil’ Wayne! err… Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader dressed up as Lil Wayne! I can’t tell if that’s blackface or if that what she looks like after she stepped into the shit storm she’s embroiled in . For the record — I think it’s a GREAT costume — high-larious and Blacks can unclench. I ...
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• America’s Next Top Model: Sunburn and Blackface

  
  midseasonreplacements — Authority: 409
  Hey guys I’m back! Sadly, I had to skip a week of ANTM. But I’ve returned for in time to see the girls leave the country for … Hawaii! Oh wait, that’s still in the country, even if it is one of the freak states. Looks the CW blew all its money on Ashley Simpson’s acting lessons. Wisely spent. Not that Hawaii ...
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• Willems Ass "Unlikely To Cause Sexual Excitement" • Malia: "I Just Like Having Knowledge" [Leftover]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 813
  •  The British Ad Standards Authority have decided to go ahead and give this ad for Lars von Triers new film Antichrist a pass because even though it shows a little naked ass, they dont find it particularly arousing. • • The Ad Standards ruling also said that the imagery is "dream-like," which makes it ...
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• Tribune decides Blackhawks in blackface "deep down" doesnt offend many people

  
  Blackhawks Confidential — Authority: 469
  Thanks to the intractibility and intransigence of mainstream newspapers, which have sadly become todays equivalent of the Titanic with rivets popping loose everywhere and no land within sight, blogs have earned a place at the dinner table where the adult conversations take place. The transformation has been ...
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• Please Start Giving Black Sports Fans More Credit

  
  SPORTSbyBROOKS — Authority: 732
  Photos of Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane and Adam Burish on Halloween surfaced on the web this week. Kane portraying Scottie Pippen and Burish as Dennis Rodman : (Burish on left) Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports blogs today about the response from the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, which he writes, “ has ...
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• Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader caught in “Blackface” controversy

  
  Mofo Politics | Hoping Obama Fails — Authority: 520
  CBS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Whitney Isleib Allegedly Does Black-Face Lil’ Wayne Costume ARLINGTON, Texas (CBS/CBS11) Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Whitney Isleib has inadvertently stepped into a Halloween controversy by reportedly dressing up as soon-to-be incarcerated rapper Lil’ Wayne in black-face. Photos ...
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