Oh, a freshly made troll account accompanied by his "friends".
Does it indeed? And recounting a bit of statistics is considered far-right?
No, it was white people pretending to be black people, with the intent of caricaturing them, without having any sense of propriety or mindfullness.
This is white people pretending to be of Arabic origin, with the intent of caricaturing them, without any sense of propriety or mindfullness.
Since when is calling a racist spade a spade white guilt?
Moreover, blackface was done to be funny (you know, like an actual caricature). This is done to make a political point.
If it was Americans answering a phone line like this with an exaggerated Texas accent, you wouldn't bat an eye. That's how we know you're driven by white guilt.
I wonder what kind of political statement that would make...
A caricature is 'a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.' Blackface absolutely qualifies. Pretending to speak another language/dialect for grotesque effect absolutely qualifies.
And yes, if America had a large group of people who would put on black hoods, and stand on metaphorical soapboxes, shouting about how Texans are destroying the country, how they are rapists and thieves, and they should be sent back to <Wherever>, I'd have a problem with that, too. For some reason, though, this form of racism doesn't seem to be particularly popular...
Now if black people in America were wearing white face to politically protest gentrification, I would say that's more equivalent to this Sweden thing than historical blackface.
I had a Swedish girlfriend for a while. She moved to Denmark, where I live. And within a month changed her entire outlook on the demographics of her native land.
It is actually getting serious. Artists are jailed for their work in Sweden these days. Malmø is going out of control. The country is in a downward spiral of violence and chaos, and in deep, deep denial.
The merest mention of these issues automatically trigger the full brunt of rightist extremism accusations. And a predictable loss of karma points.