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09.24.09 NOTE TO JAPAN: BLACKFACE IS NOT A TRIBUTE

After the death of Michael Jackson, Japanese television provided a restrained and tasteful outlet for the nation’s mourning. Just kidding, of course. TV Tokyo’s “Champions” held a competition between Jackson fans to see who could moonwalk 30 meters the fastest. And the first two competitors did it in blackface, because of course they did. Why not? How many black people in Japan could possibly call in to complain? Three? Four? Japanese people have it so easy. They don’t even have to look around or ask if anyone’s Jewish before telling a racist joke. Or pretend it’s an accident and apologize when they fondle women on the subway. What a country.

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9 Comments » TAGS: BLACKFACE, JAPAN, MICHAEL JACKSON

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NOTE TO JAPAN: BLACKFACE IS NOT A TRIBUTE

September 24th, 2009 at 9:55 am

Burnsy says:

How does every racist joke told by a Japanese person start?

*rooks alound*

September 24th, 2009 at 10:14 am

wehavehair says:

That’s odd…Japan has a much richer history of performing in Koreanface.

September 24th, 2009 at 10:26 am

Danger Guerrero says:

What do you expect from a country that unapologetically calls our president “Balack Obama”?

September 24th, 2009 at 11:03 am

StuScottBooyahs says:

Shouldn’t they be doing it in whiteface?

September 24th, 2009 at 11:06 am

Enrico Pallazzo says:

You named the baby “Lilly”? She won’t even be able to pronounce it.

/Modern Family seems to be fairly decent

September 24th, 2009 at 11:28 am

Leapin_Lizards says:

Still not weirder than the actual MJ.

/sigh

now who’s going to take all the weirdo jokes? Oh helloooooo there Nick Nolte!

September 25th, 2009 at 3:50 am

4ty-phive says:

All I can say is….classic

September 25th, 2009 at 4:41 am

Calling the kettle black? says:

Ironic.

People hating on a country for someone in blackface (which doesn’t carry the same meaning/history in their country/culture as ours BTW), while using tired racist slurs and the oh so classic L and R pronunciation jokes.

I don’t mind at all when someone rants about racist shit, but don’t turn around and hypocritically do the same thing.

October 2nd, 2009 at 5:21 am

pass by says:

American culture is not the “world’s culture”,
Just because you think something should be done in one way doesn’t mean that the rest of the world has to do it in the same way.

I spend the last couple of year living oversea, and has to deal with American management almost daily bases, and only when you live oversea, one can realize how wrong the American thinking/culture can be.

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