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.

• 🇵🇹Maquiagem, geralmente feita de cortiça queimada, historicamente usada por artistas para imitar uma pessoa negra, frequentemente associada a uma tradição teatral controversa e ofensiva.

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.

   🇵🇹maquiagem de blackface

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