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On Tuesday, Nick Cannon posted a video to Instagram which shows both Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon dressed in blackface while performing sketches early on in their careers.
Cannon captioned the post, "Are these your Kings of Late Night???" before tagging both hosts and adding, "You know I’m always on the side of the comedian and never pander to the sensitive, but I feel there needs to be some 'truth & reconciliation' discussions and teachable moments amongst our communities."
He finished off with a request for a conversation: "I’m ready and willing for the discourse, so who wants to step up to the table first? In the meantime, I’ll just leave this right here. Tell the Jimmys to holla at me!"
He also shared an image of Sarah Silverman in blackface.
In a followup post, he expounded on the history of blackface and why "there is no such thing as 'whiteface.'"
"This is not a Tit-for-Tat argument," he said. "These recent revealings of people painting themselves black or brown and speaking in broken slang in an attempt to be humorous or have fun; as if our culture is some sort of party trick or costume is unacceptable."
During Black History Month no less, there's no better time for the reminder: Blackface is not OK.
On Tuesday, Nick Cannon posted a video to Instagram which shows both Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon dressed in blackface while performing sketches early on in their careers.
Cannon captioned the post, "Are these your Kings of Late Night???" before tagging both hosts and adding, "You know I’m always on the side of the comedian and never pander to the sensitive, but I feel there needs to be some 'truth & reconciliation' discussions and teachable moments amongst our communities."
He finished off with a request for a conversation: "I’m ready and willing for the discourse, so who wants to step up to the table first? In the meantime, I’ll just leave this right here. Tell the Jimmys to holla at me!"
He also shared an image of Sarah Silverman in blackface.
In a followup post, he expounded on the history of blackface and why "there is no such thing as 'whiteface.'"
"This is not a Tit-for-Tat argument," he said. "These recent revealings of people painting themselves black or brown and speaking in broken slang in an attempt to be humorous or have fun; as if our culture is some sort of party trick or costume is unacceptable."
During Black History Month no less, there's no better time for the reminder: Blackface is not OK.
