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Blackface

For centuries blackface was done
For black person caricature,
For the whites watching to have fun,
For no other reason for sure.
Whites who put down blacks as a race
Are racist and condemned should be.
There should be no time and no place
For racists in society.
In the fifties when young and dumb,
I did blackface for Halloween.
In white households I felt welcome.
In no black households was I seen.

I know I acted racist then.
I will never act so again.