How to Use blackface in a Sentence

blackface

noun

• Thomas Carter, a black Detroit barber, says there’s nothing funny about blackface.
  — Monica Rhor, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2019
• This year, demonstrators protesting the parade faced off with neo-Nazis who want the holiday tradition to remain as is, blackface and all.
  — Nadra Nittle, Vox, 14 Dec. 2018
• And there is never a situation, like admiring a famous black person, where wearing blackface is even close to appropriate.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2018
• Without any evidence of that effort, there’s no reason to believe that people who wore blackface or Klan costumes in their 20s are better now.
  — WSJ, 12 Feb. 2019
• There have also been multiple instances over the years of fraternities and sororities hosting parties during which members wore blackface.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
• The picture in question, on Northam’s yearbook page, shows two people—one in KKK robes, and one in blackface, both brandishing beer cans.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2019
• Burberry's offensive design comes just one week after Gucci received backlash for a turtleneck resembling blackface.
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2019
• Earlier this week, Megyn Kelly made comments about blackface and Halloween costumes that sparked outrage online.
  — Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2018
• This isn’t the first time a preschool has used blackface, either.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
• There was a blackface song for one of the protagonists of the show.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
• The origins of blackface date back to the minstrel shows of the mid-19th century.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021
• At a testing event in Barcelona, in 2008, he was taunted by fans in blackface.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
• The same Joy that paraded around in blackface not too long ago?
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2020
• One of the others shows a man in blackface who is dressed up as a woman wearing a wig.
  — Bloomberg.com, 21 May 2019
• Klacik: The same Joy that paraded around in blackface not too long ago?
  — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• The photo on Northam's yearbook page shows two men, one in blackface and the other in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.
  — Tyler O'Neil, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2022
• Because there’s a lot of those, there’s thousands of pictures of me in blackface.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• The teen who was supposed to be Floyd, 46, was in blackface and lying motionless on the ground.
  — Washington Post, 8 June 2021
• Yet in this instance, the white Olivier wore blackface.
  — Charles Hilu, National Review, 15 Oct. 2021
• First, a high school yearbook of Erich in blackface surfaced.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
• In a third incident, a brief video surfaced of Trudeau in blackface.
  — Dylan Bouscher, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2019
• An Oregon school staff member showed up to work in blackface.
  — Keira Wingate, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
• Miller and Lyles, for instance, performed their roles in blackface.
  — John Check, WSJ, 21 May 2021
• This shouldn't have to be added to this list, but in case anyone needs reminding: Don't do blackface.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
• One photo from 1939 showed white children in blackface as part of a youth group event for a local church.
  — Joshua Irvine, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2021
• The show's live episode from season six, which features guest star Jon Hamm in blackface, will no longer be available.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 June 2020
• In 2017 she was accused of wearing blackface during the launch of her KKW Beauty range.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
• In one scene that made the Tribeca audience groan, Howard Stern does a parody in blackface.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2023
• Billy Dee Williams just shocked Bill Maher with a surprising take on blackface.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
• While the use of blackface seems relegated to Russian productions, American ballet companies meantime are simply throwing their hands in the air, unsure of how to proceed.
  — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024