A Canadian journalist is facing backlash for “disgusting” himself as a Black man to gather material for his new book on racism in America.
Social media users criticized Samuel Forster, a white author, after he announced his new book “Seven Shoulders” and admitted to dressing up as a Black person for it.
“Last summer, I disguised myself as a Black man and travelled throughout the United States to document how racism persists in American society,” wrote Forster. “It was “one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as a journalist.”
Some questioned if Forster used Blackface, while others criticized him for profiting from racism. Some thought the book’s overview of “the most important book on American race relations that has ever been written” was satire.
So far, Forster hasn’t commented publicly on the backlash from his book announcement yet.
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