Virginia politicians aren’t the only public figures coming under fire for wearing blackface. On Wednesday, a video resurfaced of The View‘s Joy Behar proudly discussingdressing as “a beautiful African woman” at a Halloween party decades ago. In the clip, from a 2016 (!) episode of The View, Behar explained that she put on “makeup that was a little bit darker than [her] skin,” and after showing a photo of the costume, she seemed to imply — despite Raven-Symoné’s repeated objections — that dressing like a black woman was okay because that was her “actual hair” at the time.
Behar’s reveal came during a discussion of a New York Times op-ed about “naturally curly hair” making a comeback. Behar said that curly hair was “a feminist statement,” and in an attempt to prove her point, the show displayed a photo of young Behar with a thick head of brown, curly hair. “Is that you, Joy?” asked Raven-Symoné. Her co-hosts echoed the sentiment, screaming is disbelief that this could be the same woman sitting across from them. “Joy, are you black?” said Raven-Symoné. “Are you my auntie, Joy?” Behar laughed, replying “I was so cute. Look how cute I was.”
“That is me,” said Behar. “I was 29. It was a Halloween party. I went as a beautiful African woman.” Raven-Symoné jokingly dismissed her, saying, “Oh, yeah, you mean ‘black.'” Behar wasn’t bothered by her co-host’s comment. “But that’s my hair. That’s my hair!” When Raven-Symoné frowned, Behar finally caught the hint. “Why are you upset with me now?” she asked. “Because I thought that was… did you have tanning lotion on, Joy?” asked Raven-Symoné. “I probably had makeup that was a little bit darker than my skin. But that’s my actual hair, though,” said Behar.
Raven-Symoné wasn’t the only one who questioned Behar’s costume. The longtime The View co-host was slammed on social media, particularly by conservative users.
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Give this black face crap a break. So what and who really cares if someone darkened their face for a costume party???
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't make you racist for looking like someone. What if a black person dressed as Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Does that make them racist. This identity politics and reaching back to things people did over 2 decades ago is really getting stupid.
If your son wears his pants down showing his underwear, is that racist emulation of blacks? Where and when does this stop?
Now, Northam's blackface standing next to a KKK knight. Well, that is kind of racist even if it was meant as a joke. And the idea of him using ads portraying his opponent as racist is really the definition of irony. For that reason, I hope this pulls him under.
Do as I say; not as I do
ReplyDeleteSorry, joyless behar should go. If its good for the goose, it's good for the gander. Between this and all the other hate speach she spews, she needs to go. Roseanne got canned for a tweet she apologized for, joyless has not apologized. Her only comment was it was her own hair and she was a beautiful African woman.
ReplyDeleteShe’s mad since none of the bitches on her panel won Westminster
ReplyDeleteDid any of you see the movie White Chicks. I guess it is ok when you hypocrite Africans do it. Total ignorance by a race of people constantly whining about the very crap they do. Get over yourselves
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ReplyDeleteBehar and beautiful in the same sentence is a crime against vocabulary. Shudder!