The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #121919   Message #2667369
Posted By: Royston
29-Jun-09 - 03:29 PM
Thread Name: Motley Morris banned !
Subject: RE: Motley Morris banned !
John,

I'm no racist - far from it, but if we carry this to its logical conclusion, then what about the Voodoo tradition where you'll see people 'whitened' up. Am I not able to complain that this may well offend me, and many others?

Banjiman has made the good point. I'd add that Voodoo witches whited-up for disguise long before they had ever seen a white-skinned person. They weren't doing it to deride and take the p**s out of white folk.

As I said above this, we are learning that blackface morris has a heritage that is more dodgy than I had previously thought.