Seeing Blackface in Public Is Worse Than I Expected
Blackface endures because White people have a fascination with our bodies
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6 min readJul 3, 2020
I was visiting my cousin and her partner in the Netherlands at the start of the holiday season when she told me about the Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) celebrations. Her explanation happened through a circuitous route. She gifted me with a welcome basket, and…