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Soooo. I went to see my sister's last high school theatrical production tonight. Instead of the poetry slam at the bookstore. I regret this decision. The production, you see, was The King and I. Which has a play-in-the-play that's a rendition, and if my vague memories of the book are at all accurate a horribly unfaithful rendition, of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

With blackface.

It is TWENTY-FUCKING-FOURTEEN WHY IS THERE FUCKING BLACKFACE.

(I'm sure there was plenty of racism against Asian people in general and Thai people in specific, too; I'm equally certain most of it flew over my white American head. But Jesus fucking BLACKFACE. WHY.)