Why is "blackface makeup" generally seen as offensive or discriminatory to the African-American community in the United States and Canada?

The United States is, after all, a country of immigrants. If you paint your face in blackface, the act is making someone else's suffering an everyday occurrence. Blackface makeup is, after all, a sign of racism, which tends to make many people feel that their dignity has been hurt.

American immigrants included yellow Asians from across the Bering Strait, as well as Spaniards, French and English. Around the 18th century, millions of Africans were sold to the United States to work as laborers on plantations and in mines. Unfortunately, these African Americans were inferior to whites in terms of education, skill in making a living, and social status. Racial discrimination is a long-standing human right in the United States. Minorities face employment and pay discrimination and are in a more impoverished situation. The suffering their race went through is remembered to this day and has been a constant struggle for generations to survive.

The so-called "blackface makeup" originated after the U.S. Civil War, when non-black people painted their faces black to mimic black people, and white people dressed as black people performed songs and dances. During performances, actors painted their faces completely black or dark brown, often with large mouths and thick lips. In the early years this was used by many performers to satirize the black community, and was often featured in caricatures of black people. after the rise of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s, blackface makeup was seen as a caricature of black people and facial make-up, reinforcing the stereotype of this group and fading away. While this makeup is sometimes seen in other countries, today in the United States and Canada, blackface makeup is often seen as offensive to black people, with racial connotations, and as a form of unconscious racial behavior.

So, since there is such a traditional taboo,it is still important to be aware of it in your daily life and avoid making such mistakes.