blackface

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A noun referring to the makeup, typically burnt cork, historically used by a performer to imitate a Black person, often associated with a controversial and offensive theatrical tradition.

• 🇩🇪Schminke, meist aus gebrannter Korkrinde, mit der ein Darsteller historisch einen Schwarzen imitierte; heute oft als rassistische und beleidigende Tradition kritisiert.

1. Theatrical makeup C1 formal

   A type of makeup, historically made from burnt cork, used by performers to caricature a Black person. This practice is now widely condemned as racist.

   • The use of blackface in minstrel shows is now considered deeply offensive.
   • Historically, performers used burnt cork to create blackface makeup.
   • Modern audiences rightly reject any performance that includes blackface.

   🇩🇪Blackface

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