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Blackface is unacceptable, period

The question posed in the title of a Tuesday opinion column, “Should you be able to wear black face?” seemed fairly simple and not up for debate as the answer should have been an obvious “absolutely never.” But apparently that wasn’t the case after reading the article.


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Darts & Laurels 6/13/13

Summer A is finally almost over. But with NSA surveillance, turmoil in Turkey and the “Game of Thrones” season finale, it seems like the whole world is in an uproar! As always, we’re here to call the spades “spades” and hand out our...


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Should you be able to wear blackface?

When two UF fraternity members wore blackface to a party in the fall of 2012, they sparked a campuswide discussion about racism. Sadly, some students strayed from this thoughtful dialogue by pushing for the university to ban blackface on campus.



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