[AnTiw1]

' BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins told the Salt Lake Tribune that officials at the school, which is run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were disappointed by some of the remarks and said they don't represent the more than 30,000 students enrolled there. She also said some students complained the editing was selective and perhaps manipulative.

Others criticized the comedian's use of blackface, which was popular in 19th century "minstrel shows" that caricatured blacks. "The kids are extremely naive, and Ackerman exploits that," Darron Smith, a former BYU professor, who is black, told the Tribune. "Where it went south was the use of blackface. He doesn't understand how offensive it is." '

http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=XGeMy-6hnr0

[Pontiac]

I think the video has been pulled

I can’t pull it up

[1raider1]

Could it possibly have been staged?

[atomic_dog]

Great, 3 things I could care less about; BYU, Black History Month and comedians.

[AnTiw1]

this is al jolson with and without 'blackface' makeup as theyused in minstrel shows 100yrs ago

[dead]

I got about two thirds through it before bailing.

He forgot the first rule of comedy.

[svcw]

It may have gone viral, however it was also poorly down, and zero humor. I was able to watch only about one minute.

[E Rocc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s

Morgan Freeman isn’t fond of black history month.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If offensive things did not exist, it would be necessary to invent them.

[Verginius Rufus]

It's surprising that it isn't a "hate crime" for a white person to put on make-up to appear black. Of course there would have to be an exemption for "Saturday Night Live."

The black students didn't do any better than the white students at knowing the right answers to the questions.

If they sent a Mormon student of Polynesian ancestry to a historically-black college and started asking the students questions about Mormonism, I wonder how well informed the students would be. Would they be able to identify any Mormon past or present?

[Dallas59]

yeah...A white guy painting his face black is offensive.....

[AnTiw1]

i grew up mormon and i knew the byu students would be sheltered

i was a teenager before i met a black person

i also knew it would provoke some reactions here

so there you go

[BobL]

Man, the women at BYU make me almost want to go back to college. They are SO MUCH BETTER than the typical drugged-out feminists at most colleges.

As to the “blackface”, it wasn’t (look up blackface). He did darken his skin somewhat.

Here is link with an embedded video that works. Scroll down to the end of the story.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099693/YouTube-video-comedian-Dave-Akerman-blackface-asking-Mormon-students-Brigham-Young-University-Black-History-Month-sparks-accusations-racism.html

[wita]

He doesn’t understand how offensive it is.”

Frankly Scarlett there is way to much “being offended” going on here.

I’m offended, NOT, by the congressional black caucus, just as others might really be offended by a congressional white caucus.

Every living black who can trace their history back to black Africa, ought to thank God they live in this country and be willing to proclaim themselves American. Any other thought isn’t IMHO based in reality. You want to live in the past and flagellate others for perceived wrongs have at it, but it sure won’t be a productive effort.

[calex59]

Let's see, it is offensive for white people to paint their faces black, but perfectly ok for black actors, such as Eddie Murphy, to paint their faces white(actually much more than paint)in movies. Wasn't their also a movie called "White Girls" in which two black males portrayed them selves as two white girls? Nothing offensive about that though.

Kinda tired of everything being on a one way street.