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ClarkDuke posted...

aDirtyShisno posted...

Im sorry but if you did something 50 years ago that was culturally acceptable at the time you shouldnt be punished for it today by todays standards. Thats literally why statutes of limitations exist.

was black face, acceptable around African Americans in the 60's?

Probably yes in the eyes of those performing it. It was clearly a fad. It mightve been somewhat niche but it was common enough to be in some pretty famous media even up to much more recent day with Tropic Thunder and Jimmy Kimmel. It was also common enough that tons of people are now being ostracized for something that they did literally decades ago.

It can easily be argued that the closer it is to modern day the more the perpetrator shouldve known what he or she was doing was not looked well upon but something that happened so far back is stupid to judge by todays standards because it ignores the fact that the very person in question hasnt done it again since. It suggests that people literally cannot learn and grow as they age despite their very actions suggesting otherwise.
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