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For the people who maintain these traditions they are very important.
Sounds a bit like you are applying a collective responsibility here- the fact that they smear their faces black (note how it isn't an even coverage, there is no accenting of features such as eyes or lips), lumps them in with the racists right?
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"guys... guys... you know the whole painting our faces black thing for our sweet gig down the pub next week... well i was thinking that maybe, just maybe we should not do that... you know considering what painting your face black has come to represent in these damnable modern times... just putting that out there..."