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Message: <blockquote data-quote="superballs" data-source="post: 162728" data-attributes="member: 341">Actually,I'd been thinking and I did, earlier, want to agree with his example of actors in "blackface" (with the exception of the genius role played by Robert Downey Jr, in Tropic Thunder).  See, here's my often misunderstood belief: There's nothing wrong with racism, but everything wrong with bigotry.  Racism is an attitude that derives from generalizations and in an extreme form, from lazy thinking and ignorance.  Bigotry is preventing someone an opportunity due to racism sexism, not liking gay people (I refuse to use the word homophobia) etc.Blackface, is an example of bigotry, where a black person could do a job, and actually be the most qualified for it, they used a white person and painted them black.  Now, unless there were no black people available, or willing to take the part portrayed, that is removing the opportunity from someone based on their skin color.Just wanted to give him that point.</blockquote>

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