Tag Archives: Blackface

The TV show “Your Face Sounds Familiar” recently faced backlash for the recent viral video of a white woman in Blackface and has chosen to respond. Through Instagram, the show reached out to its viewers with a letter that started by saying that they “are very surprised with the number …

Zoe Saldana reveals that she regrets taking on the role of iconic singer, songwriter, and activist Nina Simone.  When the announcement that Saldana, an Afro-Latina of lighter-complexion, would be portraying Simone in Cynthia Mort’s 2016 biopic, Nina, the actress faced an immense amount of backlash from fans and the Black community. …

Variety’s Caroline Framke reflects on the latest removal of blackface episodes and scenes from popular television series and films. The newest trend amongst big-name companies, studios, and franchises has been removing controversial, offensive, and racist scenes and episodes from popular TV series and films. It’s happened with “The Golden Girls,” …

Jimmy Kimmel is apologizing for wearing blackface to perform an impression of Black celebrities, most infamously Karl Malone. On Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel submitted an apology statement after facing backlash for wearing blackface on an old Comedy Central sketch for The Man Show. Kimmel co-hosted The Man …

By now, everyone should have gotten the memo that wearing “blackface” is a no-no. However, several Instagram influencers in the Middle East and Eastern Europe were not aware or did not care about “blackface” backlash. In what appears to be some sort of trend, several influencers have appeared on IG …

The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau is going on an apology tour after several pictures of him wearing blackface surfaced just before Canadian elections. While on the road, he apologized to two Black twin girls after they asked him about the photos. Trudeau made an appearance on the Facebook …

NBC on-air host Megyn Kelly is facing backlash after she questioned why people get upset over non-Black people wearing “blackface” on Halloween. On Tuesday during Kelly’s live show, “Megyn Kelly Today,” Kelly and show panelists discussed offensive and inappropriate costumes and the conversation stumbled onto people wearing blackface as a …