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Make it illegal for someone to dress in Blackface

Submitted by Omosalewa Akomolafe on Wednesday 10th June 2020

Published on Wednesday 26th August 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 26th February 2021

Signatures: 123

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Black ~ Blacks ~ Bonfire ~ Canada ~ Lewes ~ racism ~ Social gatherings ~ UK ~ White

Petition Action

Make it illegal for someone to dress in Blackface

Petition Details

Why should it be illegal? Blackface started in minstrel shows 200 years ago.White performers darkened their skin with and wore tattered clothing to represent a caricature of a black person. This was intended to be funny to white audiences. But to the black community, they were demeaning and hurtful

Additional Information

Blackface has been used at the Lewes annual bonfire.Partakers have worn blackface & animal skins. Feigning ignorance is unacceptable.Using the guise of fancy dress as a means to be out rightly racist in this way is reprehensible. Blackface. Brownface are hurtful, insensitive & shouldn't be made light of nor tolerated in the UK.It should be a chargeable offence under the Public Order Act or Racial & Religious Hatred Act.At a minimum in public social gatherings.See Toronto, Canada for eg. Support anti-racism


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