Druski skits not the same as systemic racism of blackface | Opinion
With Druski hosting "Saturday Night Live" and another episode of Halloween costumes gone wrong behind us, it seems like as good a time as any for another difficult conversation about race. It's a shame because Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. It’s the one time of the year when grown folks can dress up, act a little foolish, and pretend to be somebody else without anyone giving them a second look. Women put on sexy costumes that leave little to the imagination. Men dress as everything from Michael Myers to priests, superheroes, and just about anything else imaginable. That’s the beauty of Halloween. Nobody thinks twice about it. It’s all in good fun, but there’s one costume that should have been retired long ago: Blackface. Apparently, somebody forgot to deliver that message to a Burger King employee in Minnesota. Burger King worker serves drive-through customers in blackface On Oct. 31, a White woman working at a Burger King drive-through was recorded serving customers with her face painted shoe-polish black . The incident reportedly happened in Faribault, about an hour south of Minneapolis. When a Black customer confronted her, the employee offered an explanation that left me shaking my head.
