[identity profile] ladysisyphus.livejournal.com 2004-10-19 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
...See, I can't answer any of those questions definitively without knowing under which circumstances things are done. There's a difference, for example, between dressing up a white person as a black person for comedic purposes in front of an all-white audience and doing so in front of a non-white audience. The intent matters a lot more than the act.