I just don't get it.
Alex dresses up, at fancy dress party, as his favourite singer.
Why does he have to apologise?
Surely its not racist to dress as your hero at a fancy dress party.
He wasn't mocking Tupac.
Ask that of the Sun who deemed it worthy to print.I just don't get it.
Alex dresses up, at fancy dress party, as his favourite singer.
Why does he have to apologise?
Surely its not racist to dress as your hero at a fancy dress party.
He wasn't mocking Tupac.
You need to explain to me then.He didnt just dress up as his favourite singer though, did he?
He ‘blacked up’.
I‘m surprised people are seemingly offended by someone apologising for something that they did that was ……. offensive.
As someone who is very much against racism/ xenophobia and I really do think around 10-20% of our population are racist, I don't really get why he should apologise for this, but I totally 100% understand why he has, and it is fair enough.I just don't get it.
Alex dresses up, at fancy dress party, as his favourite singer.
Why does he have to apologise?
Surely its not racist to dress as your hero at a fancy dress party.
He wasn't mocking Tupac.
You need to explain to me then.
If he didnt black up his face, he wouldn't look like Tupac, so it would be pointless. As a poster said above, his mate dressed as Mr T, blacked his face.
Are we saying that nobody can go to a fancy dress party dressed as anybody apart from their own race and colour?
I think that Michael Jackson outfit would be one of the most recognisable though, there's like 10 boxes to tick there, and that lot would tick 9 of them. Obviously MJ's skin tone gradually got lighter too, he wasn't wearing that outfit in the Jackson 5 etc. It's not quite as easy as Tupac, as there's not as much to go off. I've looked at the picture and could probably been able to tell it was Tupac.Would somebody in tight black trousers, white socks, black shoes, a single glove and a red leather jacket need to black up for you to know they are Michael Jackson?
Would a Mohawk and fake beard and loads of chunky gold necklaces and a feather earring and sleeveless denim jacket need to black up for you to know they were being Mr T?
Hell, I may have even have considered doing the above for fancy dress 25 years ago, in my naive youth. But now I wouldn’t dream of doing so as I understand why it’s offensive.
If I had done it, and I had subsequently found fame and those photos turned up in the media, I would apologise.
I just find it weird that people can’t understand why he feels he should apologise....
How can his apology trigger people?
Totally get this, very good points.In a world where racism wasn't a thing. Where skin colour was worthy of no more comment than eye colour or hair colour and where there wasn't a history of black people being persecuted, enslaved and discriminated against and subsequently mocked by white actors "blacking up", then it wouldn't be an issue.
But we don't live in that world sadly. So it is an issue. Hales might not have intended any offence but he's still been naive and ignorant (as are many of the views on this thread).
Ironic that people talk about context to defend people blacking up, because that's exactly the issue. It's not the act alone of blacking up to better represent a character in fancy dress that some find offensive. It's the act of doing so against the context of black history that makes it so, whether intentional or not.
Are you in the KKK?I am still waiting for apologies from my three coloured mates who turned up at a Forces fancy dress party as members of the KKK. back in the 80's.
I hope so, but not for whiting up, but because its and absolutely terrible filmHas anyone ever castigated the Wayans Brothers for White Chicks?