One man says the word “blackface,” followed by “Hello, monkey,” and the other appears to salute the camera. Two Marines stationed near San Diego are being investigated after posting a video that appears to show them in blackface . This is Zach Highfield, he’s a Marine who is proudly displaying his bigotry by wearing blackface in his military gear. pic.twitter.com/mKPLetFrYsZach Highfield, who appears in the video, told local station KPBS that he and the other Marine, who has not been identified, were wearing charcoal sheet masks used to clean pores. “It looks a lot worse than it is,” Highfield told the station, adding that he made a “mistake.”“It was a bad mistake,” he said.

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2019 21:56 UTC