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Slate Magazine takes a look at the history of blackface, the new movie “Tropic Thunder” and the strained relationship between Hollywood and Race. Of course Slate’s commentary is ridiculed by the mainstream: Is Blackface the New Black?
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The checkered history of blackface: Before signing on to Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder,” a Hollywood [...]