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Courtesy of @JamilahLemieux, http://www.ebony.com/news-views/fundraiser-for-baltimore-6-to-feature-blackface-performance-053#.Va-cc_nkqH-
A former Baltimore Police officer who performs as Al Jolson is raising funds support the officers charged with the death of Freddie Gray
I'd add that puking emote thing, but I can't seem to find it.
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Holy #$%$%^%! (Original Post)
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
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malaise
(269,157 posts)1. Just type :puke:
use lowercase for the puke
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)6. I may turn that comment into a sig line, Malaise...
malaise
(269,157 posts)9. Bwaaaaaaaaaaah
xfundy
(5,105 posts)2. Somebody switched planets on us.
Unbelieveable.
olddots
(10,237 posts)3. what did Neil Diamond have to do with Jazz Singers ?
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)4. I take some small comfort in reading "former police officer".
Racist bags of shit. I sincerely hope Karma hits them all, cold and hard, when they least expect it.
I give up on any justice system doing the right thing.
MerryBlooms
(11,771 posts)5. There's really no low too low, is there? Putrid.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. Worse yet, he was fired for doing that act.
Berger was dismissed from the Baltimore Police Department in 1984 due to his off-duty performances as the late Jolson, one of history's most well-known Blackface performers. His dismissal came after 3 years of tension between the officer and his employer due to his act, with both parties spending a decade in court as a result. Ultimately, Berger settled with the city in 1991.
so it's not that he does not know there is a problem.
but apparently current cops there seem to think the act is just fine.
Sheesh.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)8. And then we can have an Eminem cover act for International Women's Day!