China

One of the World’s Most Watched TV Shows Keeps Using Blackface

WHAT YEAR IS IT?

CCTV’s annual Spring Festival Gala, which is seen by more than a billion people most years, keeps featuring performers in blackface.

Brendon Hong
Brendon Hong
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Brendon Hong

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