A question. What about the many examples of blackface in popular culture up to and including the last few years? As you said, there’s is a rich racist history of blackface. And yet it’s continued to pop up not just in elitist white circles, but in mainstream culture, including by people that consider themselves liberal…

There are many examples of blackface being used in pop culture *this* century, including on shows like SNL and among performers that clearly identify as liberals. There have been no repercussions for a lot of the people that have done it, even if there have been objections or criticisms raised in some of the cases. We…