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Well is it really? I maintain it all depends on why one wishes to 'black-up'.
If one is doing it solely to ridicule black persons, then the answer is yes, it is offensive.
If an actor is 'blacking-up' to take the part of a black person, then this is not particularly offensive, but a black actor should be given the part.
If a white impersonator wishes to portray a celebrity who happens to be black, then no this shouldn't be offensive.
I would be interested to know the answer he got regarding whether the Metropolitan Black Police Association breaches discrimination law by restricting its membership to black people?
/// He compared this to the BNP's whites-only policy, which the far-right party has now agreed to change.///