Fox News host Laura Ingraham weighed in on blackface controversies with the suggestion that Broadway hit “Hamilton” culturally misappropriates because black actors play white historical figures. The original cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rapping musical included Leslie Odom, Jr., and Christopher Jackson, both black, as Aaron Burr and George Washington. “Is that not culturally appropriating the other race?” Ingraham asked Thursday on PodcastOne’s “The Laura Ingraham Show Podcast.” (See the clip below.) That’s interesting, I didn’t think about that ‘Hamilton’ thing until just now, I love ‘Hamilton.’ See, I think it’s fine, I think it’s all cool. But what about when they did ‘Hamilton’ and they made white people black people?”Listen to the conversation below:

Source: Huffington Post February 08, 2019 14:15 UTC