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Indian medical students as the Jackson 5 in 2009 Hey It's Saturday Blackface controversy.
Quote from: MSM Hack, Sarrah Le Marquandhttp://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/this-is-not-racism-but-it-is-bad-manners/news-story/fea12f4e5a4f9b13f8030da4979f4f67
Young Australians recall the moment in 2009 when Harry Connick Jr was forced to give a quick lesson in blackface after his jaw dropped on live TV when a group of white men dressed up as the Jackson 5 during a Hey Hey, It's Saturday reunion.
Then, as it is happening now in the wake of the Kunek controversy, public opinion was evenly split with many recoiling in shame at the fact it took a visiting American to point out the offensive nature of the routine, and others railing against the "politically correct" forces looking for racism in all the wrong places.
Quote from: Blackface Performer, Suresh de Silvahttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/hey-hey-its-saturday-blackface-skit-makes-some-red-faces/story-e6frg6n6-1225784618497
One of the performers, Suresh de Silva, said: "The worst consequence of what we did is that the skit has raised the question of are Australians racist. We're genuinely horrified that our mistake could cause people to think that.
"I'm Sri Lankan-Australian, there's an Indian-Australian, a Greek-Australian, an Irish-Italian-Australian and a Lebanese-Australian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEtjaZ8ZuNU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEtjaZ8ZuNU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKeo3w4RhkM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKeo3w4RhkM)