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Title: Umm Joann, THIS Is A Blackface Drag Show (blog/comments)
Post by: Natasha on June 17, 2008, 05:57:57 PM
Post by: Natasha on June 17, 2008, 05:57:57 PM
Umm Joann, THIS Is A Blackface Drag Show
Link (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/06/umm-joann-this-is-blackface-drag-show.html)
6/17/2008
"One of the things I've pointed out in my decade fighting for transgender rights and in writing posts for this blog are the parallels between the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 50's-60's and the Transgender Rights Movement."
Link (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2008/06/umm-joann-this-is-blackface-drag-show.html)
6/17/2008
"One of the things I've pointed out in my decade fighting for transgender rights and in writing posts for this blog are the parallels between the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 50's-60's and the Transgender Rights Movement."
Title: Re: Umm Joann, THIS Is A Blackface Drag Show (blog/comments)
Post by: tekla on June 17, 2008, 06:27:16 PM
Post by: tekla on June 17, 2008, 06:27:16 PM
That quote did not do a just summary of the article. Just the opposite. This one comes closer.
It's simply a drag performance that was in very poor taste and it's not correct to call it the 'equivalent of a KKK blackface show'.
It's simply a drag performance that was in very poor taste and it's not correct to call it the 'equivalent of a KKK blackface show'.