I was out once with my old Border side when we got heckled by 3 young men, 2 white and 1 black, I was offended by the comments they came up with. On a break from dancing I noticed the Lads hanging about so I went over, I asked the black lad where his family originated from and was told, Nigeria, so I asked if he'd seen them paint their faces,he said yes they wore White to disguise themselves, I rolled up my sleeve and asked would white work on me as a disguise, he said of course not, my point exactly, the 2 white lads started barracking us when we resumed dancing, I caught sight of the black lad hitting 1 of them before actually watching us dance, he had a smile on his face, so I hope he enjoyed seeing a group of white folkies having fun, entertaining a quite large crowd, in peace.

Rascism is not part of the folk dance culture

Cheers Bill