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Hong Kong TV show slammed for putting characters in 'blackface'

October 28, 2022
Source: nypost.com nypost.com
News Snapshot:
One of Hong Kong’s top broadcasters has aired a TV show with characters in blackface, just months after it was accused of racism for putting an actor in brownface. Blackface is considered highly offensive and racist in many parts of the world – especially in North America – but several skin-darkening controversies have popped up across Asian entertainment in recent years. In an episode of the sitcom “Come Home Love: Lo and Behold” that aired Monday (local time), a scene showed a funeral service that mimicked the dancing Ghanaian pallbearers that went viral on social media a few years ago....
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