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Originally Posted by finnbow
Knowing the region as I do, it was not uncommon for blackface to show up at costume and frat parties up until the mid 80's. It was actually quite common at frat parties in the Southeast. I think this is yet another case of applying today's standards to yesteryear.
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We are supposed to live, learn, and grow while we admit mistakes and learn from them, the 80s were closer to the 60s than to now.
However, I don't know that there ever was a time in the world when someone somewhere didn't know that human bondage for labor was ethically reprehensible.