Another theatrical performance: freedom of speech, racism or stupidity?

[BunsenBurner]

<p>Can someone please educate these kids what “blackface” really means?</p>

<p>[Paper:</a> Skit featured student playing Obama in blackface - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/28/campus.obamaskit.ap/index.html]Paper:”>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/28/campus.obamaskit.ap/index.html)</p>

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Paper: Skit featured student playing Obama in blackface</p>

<p>FARGO, North Dakota (AP) – North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a white student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance.</p>

<p>The same skit, part of a charity fundraiser held at a campus theater, also featured a depiction of cowboys having sex with each other, witnesses told The Forum newspaper, which first reported the backlash Friday.</p>

<p>“We’re trying to find out the right approaches for accountability, but at the same time try to heal wounds that have occurred and allow the campus to move ahead,” Janna Stoskopf, NDSU’s dean of students, told The Associated Press on Friday.</p>

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