Party Like It's 1899

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Lotta blackface lately. I see this stuff, and I don't so much get upset, as I don't really get it. Like, I have no desire at all to dress like Mickey Rooney in Breakfast As Tiffany's, or put on a sombrero and fake a Speedy Gonzales accent. I'm not even sure why that would be funny.

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