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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Well so far as I know there isn't a history of minstrel shows and whites wearing blackface in Australia so it might not necessarily have as strong racist overtones as it would here. Obviously in America a white guy wearing shoe polish would be a big no-no to say the least but maybe it just doesn't register in the same way as it does in Australia. I mean I wouldn't think twice about making a potato famine joke around here, but apparently Trollheart would be offended, so I guess it's just a different standard in Ireland.
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Yeah but if you are going to do something from another culture wouldn't look into it and find out how to do things properly. You'd end up finding out what the big no no's are in the process.
There is no excuse for ignorance. Also Australians have a history of being extremely racist against Aboriginals to the point where they call them ferals. They don't even treat them like human beings.