Kudos to Harry Connick Jr. (and his handsome self) for standing up for African-American’s abroad.
ADELAIDE, Australia – An Australian variety show host has apologized for a skit in which singers parodying the Jackson Five performed in blackface.
American singer and actor Harry Connick Jr., who was serving as a guest judge on Wednesday night’s “Hey Hey It’s Saturday,” was visibly shocked by the skit, in which four men with afro wigs and blackface sang and danced behind a Michael Jackson impersonator wearing white makeup.
Connick, 42, gave the performance a zero score and told them that if it had been done in the United States it would have been pulled off the air.
Blackface was a traditional trope of minstrel shows in the U.S. that dates to the 19th century. Whites playing stock black characters — usually offensive stereotypes meant to demean — rubbed coal, grease or shoe polish on their faces. Blackface performances are not common in Australia.
I guess….
But, probably not as much we are here in the US!
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/08/harry-connick-jr-slams-au_n_313613.html
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/08/harry-connick-jr-slams-au_n_313613.html
If Harry had said nothing, nothing would have been said.
Even British are outraged.
It’s the new shot heard around the world.
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