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by Causes | 2.7.19

What’s the story?

\n58 percent of all Americans say it’s “unacceptable” for a “white person to wear blackface makeup,” according to a new poll by YouGov.\n
The polling comes amid ongoing blackface scandals in Virginia: Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is being pressured to resign after appearing in a racist 1984 yearbook photo which depicts two people in blackface and Ku Klux Klan attire; the state’s attorney general, Mark Herring, has also admitted to having worn blackface in college.

What are the numbers?

The issue is not (sorry) black and white:

58% percent of all those surveyed say blackface makeup is unacceptable.
16% of Americans say it’s acceptable to paint your face black.
81% of Democrats say blackface is unacceptable, 6% say it is acceptable.
44% of Republicans say blackface is unacceptable, 29% say it’s acceptable.
57% of white people say blackface is unacceptable vs. 19% who say it’s ok.
73% of African Americans say blackface is unacceptable vs. 6% who say it’s ok.

What do you think?

Is it acceptable or unacceptable for a white person to wear blackface makeup? Should Gov. Northam resign? Take action and tell your reps, then share your thoughts below.

—Josh Herman

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