Paula Deen tweeted a photo with her son in brownface on Tuesday. Paula and her son Bobby are dressed as the actors from the sitcom “I Love Lucy,” Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. She has since deleted the tweet, which had the caption “Lucyyyyyyy! You got a lot of esplainin’ to do! #TransformationTuesday @BobbyDeen” while it was still up. Brownface has long carried racist implications, as white Americans used to paint their face with black paint to act out racist imitations of African American behavior and culture. Those against brownface used in costumes have said that it is insensitive and racist to don brownface in order to portray a character of darker skin. Defenders of brownface have argued that they do not mean to be offensive or racist. Do you think that it was an act of racism for Bobby Deen to wear brownface?
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