Virginian Successor Quantico

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It's the scandal of the moment, so naturally everyone is all stirred up to wag their finger and cry in alarm so they can demonstrate how utterly virtuous they are, unlike those evil, nasty, irredeemable public figures who were so shockingly revealed to have once been stupid kids as well. Because surely that's oh so unusual and completely worth ending their careers over. /sarcasm That's not to say that "it's just kids being stupid" is an excuse for racism, but no, I don't believe it to be a genuine measure of what their attitudes and actions are or would be in the present, and I'm not convinced that black skin tone makeup is racist if you're playing the role of a black character in a respectful way, either. I wouldn't be bent out of shape about, say, a black kid using pale makeup to sing a Frank Sinatra tune in a talent show, and I don't see why it should be different for a white kid singing something by Micheal Jackson. Though considering how MJ basically turned himself Orochimaru whiter-than-white through cosmetic surgery over the years he might not be the best example in the first place... or maybe he is the best example, I dunno.

Anyway, see also the thing Rajvik posted a link to a couple days ago with a title something like "(media outlet) thy name is hypocrisy," though I disagree with his take on the article in question.