I guess things in the UK are different No-one I know finds this racist. People use make-up and face-paint to change their skin tones to dress up all the time and no-one says a thing.
Well Colton Hayens is american and with the racist history of america and blackface he should know better. It's extremely racist.
In the United States, blackface was used as part of Minstrel Shows, which is basically a comedy show where the only joke was basically "Wow, black people sure are stupid!" As you can imagine, incredibly ****ing offensive. Blackface was also used on stage or screen so that a show could have black characters, without having to actually, you know, hire black people. The white actors would then usually play up negative black stereotypes in the process.
That's why
Ok, maybe the second picture but how is the first pic racist?