Also silent was Jimmy Fallon, who like Kimmell might have a difficult time attacking a racist practice that he has practiced in the past. And they are not alone, with celebrities from Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks and Ted Danson having also done blackface in the past. Fallon did blackface to portray Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live, while Billy Crystal did the same on the show to play Sammy Davis Jr. Blackface minstrelsy would feature white men with their faces painted black and exaggerated lips and eyes. It has been almost 175 years since that review, and yet still the racist practice continues in America.

Source: Daily Mail February 07, 2019 17:17 UTC