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“This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”

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  • Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • the_tab_key@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Completely unrealistic and understandable. Suit needs to be tan.

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      • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Take it easy man, we do not want to over stage Citizen Kane, here.

        Mr. Tan Suit would win best supporting actor, AND best costume design, by itself.

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      • Case@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Don’t forget his choice in condiments.

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    • OCATMBBL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      World’s first white first black president.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh god, it’s real.

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    • wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So it was 30 years ago. I feel like, even though things are far from perfect now, nowadays a comment like this would draw quite a few more critical looks than back then.

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      • Jerkface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        People in 1994 knew exactly how fucked this was.

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      • qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It was also 30 years closer to Harriet Tubman in a time when black civil rights were not even as as sanded smooth as they appear now

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Look up who Alec McGuiness played in Lawrence of Arabia.

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      • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or look at Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Or Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra. Or John Wayne in Gengis Khan.

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    • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s such an insane story that I wonder what the other side of it is. It’s easy to imagine the guy just having got out of a meeting ten minutes earlier with “if you don’t get Julia Roberts into a movie by the end of the week, I’ll see you never work in this town again!” ringing in his ears.

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  • bappity@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is obviously a perfect role for Ryan Gosling

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    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      AI Morgan Freeman

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      • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Why AI? Wtf, you made me think he died. Don’t do this to me.

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    • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think he is already scheduled to star in the MLK movie, so not sure he would have the time

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hollywood Executives can collectively only name at most seven actors at a given time.

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    • RagingRobot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All of these large industries are run by idiots

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      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They’re run by the same average people who work for them. You don’t need to be an idiot to fuck up running something as large and complicated as a trans-national corporation. You don’t need to be a genius to coast in a position that already prints money.

        We’re simply not that different from one another. The genius/idiot dichotomy is far more about variances in education, culture, and propagandized bigotry than finding actual differences in intellect.

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  • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I do not get it. I just see 3 pictures of Tubman.

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      • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I want to argue but tbh it was so long ago that I don’t really see a difference

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  • JustJack23@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hmmm so you need woman of colour? Maybe Gal Gadot? /s

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    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If Hollywood ever did a film about Gaza they would unironically use Gal Godot in the role of a Palestinian woman.

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      • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It also be “both sides have something to learn from each other!” Oscar bait a la Crash or Green Book.

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      • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No doubt with lines like “They only hate Israel because of their religion” and “The IDF is protecting me, despite being Palestinian”

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Hollywood is crazy. The Last Samurai, staring Tom Cruise…?!”

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    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The last Samurai is not played by Tom Cruise. He plays a guy who gets to know and grows to respect the last Samurai and Japanese culture.

      Ken Watanabe as Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto, he plays the eponymous “Last Samurai.”

      Clearly you have not even watched the damn movie. Or what is your point?

      But we are all good with a black woman playing the real life British Anne Boleyn?

      Man, can’t wait until we find out which white actor will play Barack Obama in his biopic. I mean, diversity is our strength.

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      • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        1-You had to actually watch the full movie to get any of that context

        2-It’s still Cruise’s face front and center on every piece of promotional art

        3-As much as I hate that this is true, the vast majority of people who saw that movie did not do so because they heard Ken Watanabe was in it

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      • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I have watched the movie. It shows a European in a role absolutely impossible in upper layers of Japanese society of that time.

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      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So, you missed the link…? Or, just lost your sense of humor in the war?

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, Tom Cruise was The First Weeaboo.

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    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What are they gonna do next? The Last Ni*** on Earth, starring Tom Hanks?

      • this is a quote from Chapelle’s show, just to be clear
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    • gradual@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hollywood is a cult.

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      • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Blueberry pancakes are delicious.

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  • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Next Summer they’ll show Black Hitler

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I would not be surprised if that was the title of Kanye’s next album.

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      • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Kanye

        Clayton West

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      • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Maybe he’s doing a reverse Joaquin Phoenix, going from music artist to actor, just with more antisemitism.

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    • MTK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hitlack or Blitler?

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    • CalipherJones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just a reminder this was a real show

      youtu.be/mf9jJx0NSjw

      Only aired like one episode though

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      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Conan had Jewish Hitler on at one point. I think Sarah Silverman talked about it on a podcast recently but I can’t remember which one right now

        www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DcrmnRijTQ

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      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        How did they get so far as producing an entire episode? Seriously?!

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  • HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Am I the only one who doesn’t know who Harriet Tubman is?

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    • tino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Probably not, but she’s an important figure of the American history. The real question, though, is who will know about Harriet Tubman in a few years, once she gets erased from American history books.

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      • essell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        At least people will be able to remember she looked like Julia Roberts

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      • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, she died in 1913, if she has not been erased in 112 years, and with people still want to make a movie about her…

        Perhaps you may be leaning into conspiracy theories and are fear mongering yourself and others. Stop it.

        Here, from Wikipedia:

        Parks, monuments, and historical sites

        National parks and national monuments related to Tubman in the United States are the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, both in Maryland,[215] and the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn.[216] The Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Canada where Tubman worshipped, is a National Historic Site of Canada.[217]

        The city of Auburn, New York has several historical sites related to Tubman, including her gravesite.[218][219] Other state and local historical sites about Tubman include the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park[220] and the Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden[221] in Maryland, and the Harriet Tubman Museum is in New Jersey.[222]

        Artistic portrayals

        Tubman is the subject of many works of art. Musicians including Woody Guthrie, Wynton Marsalis, and Walter Robinson have written songs celebrating her.[223] She is the subject of operas by Thea Musgrave,[224] Nkeiru Okoye,[225] and Hilda Paredes,[226] as well as plays by Carolyn Gage and a collaboration of May Miller and Willis Richardson.[227] Tubman is the focus of novels by Elizabeth Cobbs,[228] Marcy Heidish,[229] Anne Parrish,[230] and Bob the Drag Queen,[231] and is a character in novels by Terry Bisson,[232] Ta-Nehisi Coates,[233] and James McBride.[234]

        Since Tubman’s life was first dramatized on television in a 1963 episode of the series The Great Adventure,[235] she has been portrayed in TV productions such as The Good Lord Bird,[236] Timeless,[237] Underground,[236] and A Woman Called Moses.[238] Cynthia Erivo received an Academy Award nomination for portraying Tubman in the 2019 biographical film Harriet.[239]

        Dozens of schools,[247] streets and highways,[248] church groups, social organizations, and government agencies have been named after Tubman.[249] In 1944, the United States Maritime Commission launched the SS Harriet Tubman, its first Liberty ship named for a black woman.[211]

        On November 11, 2024, Tubman was posthumously commissioned as a one-star general in the Maryland National Guard in recognition of her military service during the Civil War.[250]

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Does the phrase “underground railroad” mean anything to you?

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      • CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not everyone is from North America. That is like me asking you, does “Dr. Kwame Nkrumah” mean anything to you?

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      • HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        …no?

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      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We call it the subway nowadays.

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      • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Like the Eurostar

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    • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      TL;DR, she was an insanely brave black woman who helped a metric fuck ton of slaves escape the south.

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    • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      She’s the original free runner www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1dhATC-ekQ

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    • LordCrom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Never be afraid to ask a question to rectify a lack of knowledge.

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  • Cocopanda@futurology.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Being rich doesn’t mean you’re smart.

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    • mriswith@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The average Hollywood executive is really dumb, but they tend to be great talkers and networkers.

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      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        they tend to be great talkers and networkers

        This is selling them a bit short. They’re also generally pretty good at raping aspiring actresses.

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  • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is crazy, I mean Roberts is from the South and Tubman from the north, no one’s going to believe it!

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    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      True! It’s called acting for a reason.

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Howdy y’all- cough cough Hey youse guys. I’m walkin’ 'ere!

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  • mrbubblesort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Halle Berry though… 🤔

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Kevin Hart.

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    • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Martin Lawrence would rock it in “Big Tubman’s House”

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      • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m going to hell for this upvote.

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    • criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Would have been a better role than catwoman

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      • D_C@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m a top exec for a very big movie company and I hear you on this. No more Julia Roberts. Got it. Roberts out, Catwoman in. …

        Someone get me Michelle Pfeiffer on the phone. I have a great idea, Catwoman as Harry Tubmen.
        That’s an Oscar winner, right there.

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Halle Berry, or hallelujah

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  • LordCrom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Queue Dave Chappelle and his sketch ‘Negrodamas’

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    I predict a movie called The Last Black Man on Earth, starring Tom Hanks

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For some reason you reminded me of this.

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      • amda@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thanks for sharing! Had no idea NASSA existed 🫡

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  • muusemuuse@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    citation needed

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  • x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The article led me down a rabbit hole leading to an article about the ghost in the shell movie adaptation promo meme generator being used to criticise the whitewashing in the movie adaptation

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  • Enzy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I vote for Danny DeVito

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They should get Lisa Kudrow to play Rosa Parks.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Reminds me of the bit at the end of Deadpool when he says they were considering Keira Kightly for Cable because she has range.

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  • BillDaCatt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tyler Perry?

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  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s weird how the reverse is somehow ok now. Anne Boleyn played by a black woman why not? Historical accuracy sucks.

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  • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same as when SNL wanted men to play female politicians in sketches when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were right there and smashed it in the end.

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  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is what makeup is for

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  • mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean they do this all time, for example, that amazon series about lord of the rings.

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  • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “We’re not going back.”

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  • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You are drunk, and possibly racist, no one is doing blackface!

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