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TOKYO : Comedian's blackface sparks conversation on persistent problem in Japan media.
A Japanese comedian is facing criticism for performing in blackface in a widely viewed television show, a move that has outraged many and highlighted-
The regular appearance of performers in similar makeup on mainstream outlets in Japan.
In a show that aired on New Year's Eve, comedian Masatoshi Hamada appeared in Detroit Lions Football jacket, a curly wig and dark makeup-
An attempt at imitating Eddie Murphy's character from the 1984 movie Beverly Hills Cap.
Hamada is half of the comedy duo Downtown that hosts the popular comedy show Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! [Downtown This ain't a Kid's Errand] that many Japanese watched to ring in the New Year.
A Twitter user shared a clip from the show, calling the depiction ''unacceptable and racist''.
Baye McNeil, a black columnist who was born in Brooklyn, New York has lived in Japan for 13 years, shared pictures of Hamada's performance and denounced it as offensive.
He sent tweets, in English and Japanese, encouraging performers to StopBlackfaceJapan.
His tweets kicked off a conversation about blackface in Japanese entertainment, which he said was a persistent issue.
After his initial post, hundreds of Twitter user's weighed in, using the English and Japanese versions of the hashtag.
Not all were critical with some defending the comic's depiction of Murphy. Unlike the United States, they said, japan did not have a history of systematic discrimination against black people-
And a Japanese performer painting his face black did not come with the same cultural stigma.
TOKYO : Comedian's blackface sparks conversation on persistent problem in Japan media.A Japanese comedian is facing criticism for performing in blackface in a widely viewed television show, a move that has outraged many and highlighted-
The regular appearance of performers in similar makeup on mainstream outlets in Japan.
In a show that aired on New Year's Eve, comedian Masatoshi Hamada appeared in Detroit Lions Football jacket, a curly wig and dark makeup-
An attempt at imitating Eddie Murphy's character from the 1984 movie Beverly Hills Cap.
Hamada is half of the comedy duo Downtown that hosts the popular comedy show Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! [Downtown This ain't a Kid's Errand] that many Japanese watched to ring in the New Year.
A Twitter user shared a clip from the show, calling the depiction ''unacceptable and racist''.
Baye McNeil, a black columnist who was born in Brooklyn, New York has lived in Japan for 13 years, shared pictures of Hamada's performance and denounced it as offensive.
He sent tweets, in English and Japanese, encouraging performers to StopBlackfaceJapan.
His tweets kicked off a conversation about blackface in Japanese entertainment, which he said was a persistent issue.
After his initial post, hundreds of Twitter user's weighed in, using the English and Japanese versions of the hashtag.
Not all were critical with some defending the comic's depiction of Murphy. Unlike the United States, they said, japan did not have a history of systematic discrimination against black people-
And a Japanese performer painting his face black did not come with the same cultural stigma.
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