Newsweek asks "Is Blackface Ever OK?"

Newsweek takes a look at a question of the touchy subject of white actors portraying black characters in TV and film. Blackface? I think this is strong of a term. We know about the minstrel era, but in the year of 2008 the practice white actors playing black people is still a issue up for debate. I say if it is tasteful and not "minstrelsy" as they term it, there should not be a huge problem. But the underlying continuous problem is black actors/actresses are still not being offered as many roles as their white counterparts, so I can see why people still have a problem with whites portraying blacks, when the argument can be: Why not give that job to a black person? Newsweek was right. This still is a "thorny issue." READ MORE...

Here are photos of Fred Armisen playing Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live and the photo on the right is Armisen. If you ask me, he does not look so white to me.

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