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Description: Blackface has a racist history in America. It is commonly linked to minstrel shows, where white actors would paint their faces black and proceed to mock black people. However, does the history of minstrel shows mean that all blackface is racist? Sources: Racism en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/racism Blackface Minstrelsy pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/sfeature/sf_minstrelsy.html The minstrel show, the first form of musical and theatrical entertainment iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/publication/2008/08/20080812192053eaifas0.5606653.html MINSTREL PERFORMERS, CA. 1844 edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/doc/minstrel MINSTREL POSTER, CA. 1898 edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/doc/minstrel_poster This Panamanian Carnival tradition manages to make blackface 'playful' and 'emancipatory' pri.org/stories/2015-02-20/panamanian-carnival-tradition-manages-make-blackface-playful-and-emancipatory