when it is (not) ok to use blackface

in a previous post i commented briefly on whether dave chappelle's using blackface on his show was "funny".

here's the basics on the topic of blackface (and some material on cultural appropriation as well). but better than anything else, the flowchart below is very, very awesome! [the answer is that yes, if you're dave chappelle it's ok, because you're dave chappelle:)]

should i use blackface on my blog? @ ebogjonson

some details:



the motivation behind the flowchart: "I created the chart in response to the Jane Hamsher thing, but reading the blogs of folks who linked back to it reconfirmed to me how unsettled the problem of race remains in our politics. If engaged, otherwise thoughtful white progressives like Hamsher can't wrap their heads around basic racial etiquette, it seems hard to imagine that less thoughtful, less engaged, or generally hostile white folks will ever grok to it." (emphasis mine) [the jane hamsher thing, now pretty old news]

via feministe