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Originally posted by KareBear
So you're telling me black people in Europe aren't offended by the use of blackface used to mock black people? I'm sure its not used as a form of flattery. Just because you as a white European don't see how its offensive doesn't mean black Europeans don't feel the same way. Maybe if some Europeans would step back for a minute and stop saying Americans are too sensitive and actually place themselves in the shoes of a black person they will see how it's not seen as just a "joke" for everyone. America used to feel the same about their use of blackface until we finally realized how offensive it is and changed our attitude about it, yet people here still choose to wear it. So kindly STFU.
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Black Europeans are taught to deal with racist culture as they don't have the same sense of entitlement African Americans do because Black Europeans know their background and do not truly feel belonging to European countries, and hence feel inadequate to make criticisms of a country's culture they do not belong to. African Americans on the other hand don't know their background and as far as they care, America
is their country and feel entitled to respect and will confront disrespect. So you will often will hear Black Europeans even defending the use of black face.
