Well, she was discussing wearing it, and asking why that would be so bad, and saying that it was common in her childhood. To which I say, where the hell was she from, because I grew up in the south and I’m quite a bit older than she is, and no one in their right mind would have done that in my world.
Agree. I recall seeing blackface in old movies when I was a kid in the sixties, but I never saw anyone wear it in real life.