China rings in lunar new year with “blackface and big bottoms”
By France 24
19 February 2018 |
9:30 am
Social media erupts with shame and rage after China's biggest lunar new year broadcast reportedly shows a Chinese woman wearing black face and an exaggerated bottom in a skit about Chinese-African ties.
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