Japanese TV show featuring blackface actor sparks anger
He said he loved Japan and wanted to draw people's attention to how the practice of blackface is widely regarded as racist.
He tweeted that his "nightmare scenario" was that during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, "Japan naively sends a Blackface doowop group out to pay homage to black athletes".
"What a fiasco that'll be! So I implore you please #stopblackfaceJapan now."
But there is debate on Twitter over whether Japanese audiences are aware of the racist history of minstrel shows in the US and Europe, and whether it remains racist if performers and audiences are unaware of that history.
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