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illesturban · 02-13-2004, 11:18 AM

yeah a couple of native americans on a forum I own were pretty upset by it as well. Whereas I am not Native American so can't completely say I felt offended, I know I was pretty pissed when a local college here in TX had a couple frats banned b/c they wore blackface and afros w/ gold chains and teeth mocking black people. It's kind of the same concept which is why I can see why someone would be offended. Although I must say I don't really think that Outkast was trying to offend anyone, but they did. I know a lot of Native organizations are in an uproar. *shrug*

But yeah they posted this link, where a bunch of people comment on it:

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_...b43b172fe48e49

And one of them even brings up how big of a scandal it was back in the day when Ted Danson thought it was ok to come out in black face even with the approval of his then-girlfriend Whoopie Goldberg.

02-13-2004, 11:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
illesturban Psycho Location: Lubbock, TX	yeah a couple of native americans on a forum I own were pretty upset by it as well. Whereas I am not Native American so can't completely say I felt offended, I know I was pretty pissed when a local college here in TX had a couple frats banned b/c they wore blackface and afros w/ gold chains and teeth mocking black people. It's kind of the same concept which is why I can see why someone would be offended. Although I must say I don't really think that Outkast was trying to offend anyone, but they did. I know a lot of Native organizations are in an uproar. shrug But yeah they posted this link, where a bunch of people comment on it: http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_...b43b172fe48e49 And one of them even brings up how big of a scandal it was back in the day when Ted Danson thought it was ok to come out in black face even with the approval of his then-girlfriend Whoopie Goldberg. Last edited by illesturban; 02-13-2004 at 11:22 AM..