This thread is supposed to be about blackface and it’s repercussions/fall out. It’s not about abortion or whitewashing (casting white actors in minority roles). Those discussions detract from this discussion.
As for Joy Behar, IMO the repercussions should be less than those of a politician and that of someone who was obviously and intentionally mockingly racist. I think it would be fantastic if she could say that at the time she dressed as a beautiful black woman, as well as when she discussed it on The View, she didn’t see it as a problem. She thought because she didn’t use it mockingly or in an exaggerated way, that it wouldn’t have been hurtful. That her intentions were racist. But with all of these discussions, she can see that it would have have hurtful to many people. That using ethnicity or race as a costume can easily be taken as making light of something others view as important to their identity. She should say she is sorry that she didn’t realize that before.
Again, that’s my personal opinion of how I think I would handle something like that. I’ve never really been a costume type person, so I am only imagining what my reaction would be based on how I would have thought of a costume like that in the past vs how I would think of it now.