Perspective | My 5-year-olds saw blackface in a 1942 Christmas movie and asked, ‘Why are they doing that?’

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Perspective: 'My 5-year-olds saw blackface in a 1942 Christmas movie and asked, 'Why are they doing that?''

 

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I sincerely think that a 5 year old would not know what that is all about! For any reason, unless they were coached by someone, probably their parent(s)! Something that went on in 1942 has little to do with racism! Bad and not classy, but not similar to the crap today!

CURRENT NEWS PLEASE...! your story is, what, 77 yrs old. va gov story is 35 yrs old. do you guys have any stories that are 'current' or less than 5 yrs old..? OR are you just all about the 'clickbait'..?

Al Jolson. It was good fun

Hey, this is how we 'still' roll...😐

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Here is an idea stop brainwashing your children with racial stupidity, it’s a movie, it’s a show, and black face is makeup. Just like the makeup your mommy puts on every day before she walks out the door.

Give me a break, you are so full of sh*t.

And we should answer our 5 year olds that Democrats are sick minded skin colour obsessive people. Stay away !

Maybe I'm grouchy today but I have read so many of these stories...let me say I'm sure you have wonderful, adorable children but I don't give two hoots about their political commentary. nor does any rational human being

Yeah well my 3 year olds saw a copy of the Post and asked, ‘Why did they kill a tree* for this garbage?’ before toodling off to their chemistry lab. *ok they said ‘twee’ but it was adorable.

And I replied, they’re Democrats founded the KKK and resistors of black civil rights. Their racism continues to this day.

And did the whole bus clap?

What was the context

fakenewswapo wapowankers

My very woke 3 year-old asked why the left is so obsessed with (making up) stories about skin color. Even people who didn’t hear him stood and clapped.

That is EXACTLY why kids need to see 'Holiday Inn', so they can ask questions. It is a great opportunity to talk with children & family members about how it makes them feel & explain how and why Blackface is wrong. Pretending it didn't exist is a mistake.

Well the average 5 year old has more sense than the average non millionaire trumpchump

I'm calling bullshit on this

Um....ok....so fing what.

My 5 yr old asked me why WaPo race baits

Was it the Joy Bahart thing ?

Had a five year old that once asked why credits scrolled,why they play music in films, why people get hurt, why people are poor, why people get divorced, why some people are rich, why the son is hot ....kids ask lots of questions! Did you tell her they were likely Democrats

Kid talks are rough. Try explaining what abortion is to a 5-year-old.

People who wear makeup create image of being black insult the very issue of identifying enslaved peoples identity. Native Americans were murdered by whites. Blacks were murdered by whites. Seems whites get away with murder a lot more than recognized in my opinion. I am nobody.

Yea right, what kind of Propaganda is this, like a 5 yr old says that I call BS they care about cartoons and playing, kids see kids I have 8 grandchildren they see kids they don't see color, the left just plays the Race CARD it's all they got.

Like TechN9ne preaches to us in his song 'We Won't Go Quietly', 'When the parents hearts filled of hate, reproduce, then it's sending down the pipeline'.

White Chicks I Love that movie.

You can always show them the movie White Chicks rather than trying to splain anything.

WP how do you feel when your party is racist & participate in Blackface?

Thank God 🙏. The old dogs of hatred are naturally eliminating themselves. They’ll be gone from this earth Soon. Hopefully “Our Generation” doesn’t destroy what so many have sacrificed to maintain. Truth,Justice, honor, respect, and dignity for, and expected from all humans. 🇺🇸!

This is totally a real story and not made up in any way. Kids were not coached and all reactions and statements have corroboration. Yep.

I keep hearing how this happened all the time in the 80s and people didn't know better. I grew up in GA in the 80s, never wore or saw any of my friends in blackface, and yeah we'd have known it was offensive. My husband from VA says same.

I was at the airport with my 1 y.o son yesterday. He came close to ear and said ' Dad, it's impossible to meet the IPCC CO2 emission targets if we dont cut the usage of jet fuel. Let's take the Amtrak. ' I had tears in my eyes. ThatDefinitelyHappened

Seems very coincidentally topical.

My 5-year-olds wonder why people get offended so easily.

Cool story. Now tell us what really happened.

LIES!

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