November 7, 2008
Radio host Mark Larsen Wears Blackface After Obama Win
We still have a long way to go in our nation before we judge people by the content of the character rather than the color of their skin. As long as folks like Mark Larsen continue to spout their racist views.
WWBA-AM (820) morning man Mark Larsen, who is white, dressed in blackface makeup at the start of his show. Joined by the station’s news director Roger Schulman, Larsen joked about caking on the cosmetics, using a number of racially influenced comments in the process. Fans could watch the whole process go down via an in-studio Webcam.
“This gives me that Uncle Tom feel,” said Larsen, who also joked about changing his name to Marcus Washington Larsen. “Are you sure this comes off? Because I don’t feel like running for president.”
Before Tuesday’s election, Larsen talked about seeing a long line of Black people waiting to vote at a Tampa Bay area polling place, saying they “looked like the line for takeout at Big Tim’s Barbecue” in St. Petersburg.
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2 comments:
Interesting...the video is no longer available. I wonder why? Guess their trying to "white wash" Larsen's actions in hopes that we'll think it never happened. But, alas it did and so did the election of Barack Obama!
ooops. Tried it again and it came in. This is sick!
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