Jake's View | China refusal to apologise for CCTV blackface skit all wrong
Beijing yesterday said it was against any form of racism but dismissed widespread criticism of state broadcaster CCTV’s annual holiday variety show as an attempt to drive a wedge between China and African nations.
SCMP, February 23
He now has his answer to his suggestion.
In the new year show in question, which can attract as many as 800 million viewers, a skit featured a Chinese actress in blackface and giant fake buttocks depicting an African character and a black performer playing a monkey.
It was racist. Let’s make that plain. As Michael put it: “Imagine if a major American TV network aired a show featuring white actors with painted yellow skin, slant eyes and a stereotype Chinese accent. You can bet there would be deafening outrage from the mainland’s army of netizens demanding an apology.”