The show was a live reunion special for Hey Hey, It’s Saturday, a popular and long-running program down under that was cancelled a decade ago. During their Red Faces segment, which is similar to the American version of The Gong Show, six doctors performed a choreographed number in blackface and afro wigs pretending to be the Jackson 5. Thankfully, one of the judges hit the gong shortly into the number.” [ READ MORE ]
In America even an obscure cable channel desperate for ratings wouldn’t dare air a show featuring white men performing in blackface. The American public wouldn’t tolerate such a blatant display of racism.
It should be noted that the guys performing in blackface weren’t ignorant bar flies, they were all physicians. It’s quite an indictment of Australian society that professionals are quite willing to perform in blackface on TV.
In Australia blackface is a sure-fire way to entertain an audience and spike the ratings. The crowd applauded the clowns in blackface, and they expressed displeasure when they were gonged.
Harry Connick Jr who was one of the judges conveyed his disgust and displeasure by giving the performance a zero score, and by canceling an autograph session following the show.
Harry Connick Jr is a gifted jazz artist who was inspired by the many talented black jazz musicians from his hometown of New Orleans. Connick doesn’t see blacks as caricatures, but as human beings worthy of respect, and he was outraged by the offensive skit.
Connick has always been one of my favorite singers and actors, and my admiration for his has only grown stronger. Kudos to Connick for speaking out against racism!
| Notes: Entrenched Racism in Australia — Like America, Australia was STOLEN from indigenous peoples, primarily the Aborigines. Aborigines are not equal before the law in Australia; they die in the back of prison vans. Whitefellas speak, plan and make decisions on their behalf. Rehabilitation programs in prison are minimal and many prison guards display racial prejudice including toward visiting relatives. White decision makers are currently in the process of denying outstations to Aborigines.
Since the time of “white settlement” racism has been part of the weft and weave of this country. The first identified threat by white settlers was from thieving, dispossessed Aborigines, who were placed in the same category as Australian fauna; and then Asians, who apparently constituted a threat to the wage structure and racial purity. Australians from the dominant Anglo/Celtic culture expect new Australians from other cultural backgrounds to show some respect, perhaps even a small cringe and obsequiousness, forelock tugging, until such time as they know the ropes, cut their cultural ties and enter the mainstream. [ READ MORE ] [ FROM WIKIPEDIA ] |
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