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Originally Posted by seasoned vet
....yeah...um, yall kinda late on this.
...this isnt the only blackface type celebration the Swedish have.
....ever heard of Zwarte Piet?
What ya'll gotta realize about white people and the past time of "black face" is that it is one of their oldest traditions.
Black face art is some of the most prized work to elite whites who know the true history of blacks and black culture. The same that blacks have seem to forgotten.
Albeit done in much of a negative tone today to insight fear out of people's ignorance, this just goes further to show european behavior has always mocked and mimicked the image of blacks.
Further Examples:
Black Madona and Child
French Blackamoor
European Blackamoor Brooches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackamoors_(decorative_arts)