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Record 1 2021-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

... brownface is a variation of blackface in which a person imitates a person of Latin American, Middle Eastern, North African, Polynesian, Native American, and/or South Asian ethnic origin. This can be done using makeup, hair-dye, and/or wearing traditional ethnic clothing to make a person appear as though they belong to one of these "brown" ethnic groups. It is typically defined as a racist phenomenon ...

Key term(s)
  • brown face

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
Key term(s)
  • brown face

Spanish

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