Coal Miner Blackface AZCentral Article
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Coal Miner Blackface Controversy refers to an online backlash toward an article published on the USA Today Network news site AZCentral, which argued that a photograph of soot-covered coal miners standing in a bar could be viewed as offensive for resembling the practice of wearing blackface.
Background
On January 28th, 2019, AZCentral[1] published an article titled "Phoenix restaurant says this is a photo of coal miners. But I see offensive blackface" by opinion contributor Rashaad Thomas, which discussed different interpretations of a photograph[2] of a group of coal miners drinking beer in a pub while covered in soot (shown below).
Developments
That same day, The New York Times[5] published an article titled "Mary Poppins,' and a Nanny's Shameful Flirting With Blackface." On January 29th, a collection of tweets reacting to the article was published on Twitchy.[6]
On January 30th, Twitter user Andrew Doyle posted a tweet noting similarities between tweets published by the satirical accounts @GodfreyElfwick and @TitaniaMcGrath and the two articles (shown below).
What is going on?!
Godfrey Elfwick tweeted about miners in blackface years ago & now this story appears inazcentral</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">TitaniaMcGrath tweeted a post about Mary Poppins being guilty of blackface in September 2018, now we have this innytimes</a>.<br><br>Are these satirists or prophets? <a href="https://t.co/M9N9OwNGrQ">pic.twitter.com/M9N9OwNGrQ</a></p>— Andrew Doyle (andrewdoyle_com) January 30, 2019
Also on January 30th, posts mocking the article were submitted to the /r/The_Donald[3][4] subreddit. The same day, The Stranger writer Katie Herzog tweeted a link to the article
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External References
[1] AZCentral – Phoenix restaurant says this is a photo of coal miners. But I see offensive blackface
[2] Getty Images – Enjoying Beer at Pub During Coal Strike
[3] Reddit – /r/The_Donald
[4] Reddit – /r/The_Donald
[5] The New York Times – Mary Poppins and a Nannys Shameful Flirting With Blackface
[6] Twitchy – Essayist and poet looks at photo of coal miners after work
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