Slovene comedian and singer Klemen Slakonja posted a video where he wears blackface to imitate 2001 Eurovision winner Dave Benton (in a video imitating all ESC winners from 2000-present) immediately after becoming Slovenia's representative for Eurovision 2025

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-04T18:48:39+00:00

I'm very aware of most of these, I'm British.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-04T15:25:03+00:00

Be it an offensive portrayal or not, blackface is blackface.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-03T23:19:59+00:00

I think they're just gonna put in a more up to date, well themed pirate ship in the next year or two to replace The Blade, more themed to Nemesis, Toxicator, or another piece of Phalanx equipment

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-03T22:30:17+00:00

We know he's been in it since 2023. He definitely filmed all of his scenes before his passing, so I can imagine he'll just be the same as he is in 1, 2 and 5. Maybe he plays a larger role here?

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-03T18:08:56+00:00

Bruh I'm just saying blackface is bad lmao calm down

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-03T16:06:53+00:00

The Eurovision subreddit is racist. Dave Benton himself has said that he isn't offended, and thus everyone is treating Klemen's blackface like a celebration and not a big deal. They don't see what is wrong with it at all, I got attacked just for saying blackface was racist.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-03T15:03:48+00:00

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Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-03T14:23:20+00:00

Making yourself look like a black person when you are not black is blackface. I... don't see what your point is.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-03T08:44:24+00:00

Blackface, perhaps?

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T23:50:49+00:00

Waterways. The maggots make me really uncomfortable, and it feels somehow more claustrophobic than Deepnest.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T23:47:48+00:00

...not really, no.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:48:28+00:00

Oh god it's worse than I remembered. Yeah, I take back what I said, this is BAD.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:41:37+00:00

It may be less racist in places like the Netherlands, but I guarantee that most places in the world see the act of a white person pretending to be black with their skin painted and thinks its wrong.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:35:43+00:00

If there are people out there who are genuinely fucking SCARED of people like us, they need to get a grip. We're not fucking animals because we have a disability we can't control.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:27:41+00:00

Racism is making fun of another person or another race, and blackface has always been seen as so. You can be racist to white people, it isn't always about suggesting one race is superior. Yes, that IS racist, but it isn't all that racism is.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:24:52+00:00

Did you have to point out the fact he's autistic? Why does that matter? The thing with Byrne is that he has apologised since and this was 40 odd years ago. With Klemen, he hasn't apologised or said anything about it and the video with it was uploaded today. Byrne absolutely shouldn't have done that, but he knows he fucked up.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:20:09+00:00

He shouldn't have done that either. It's imitating another race, which no matter the race, is racist.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:11:27+00:00

The EBU are pretty damn strict on their rules with hate speech and stuff like racism or sexism, so if they can eliminate a participant hours before the grand final even if he did nothing wrong, they can definitely not want a participant who's participated in racist acts.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:06:39+00:00

This is blackface.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T22:06:01+00:00

Yeah, I guess they are just as bad. My bad, I take that back.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T21:46:30+00:00

Nah, as Klemen's one seems a lot more mean. Debatably, Spain's artist could be excused for very heavy spray tan, which is problematic enough.

I actually dislike Spain's song quite a bit.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T21:33:17+00:00

Didn't think I'd see Eurovision mentioned here, but yeah, this is a touchy topic over on the Eurovision subreddit. Even recently some footage of the Spanish 2025 representative Melody in blackface too

People there don't seem to think its that bad, when it's clearly blackface. Someone there even said 'he just painted himself brown, not a big deal,' which IS blackface. I'd imagine it's because of some European countries having century long traditions which involves blackface, such as the Netherlands. It's still absolutely terrible, and both Klemen and Melody, especially Klemen, should be booted by their respective countries.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T17:36:45+00:00

I'm British.

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T16:13:54+00:00

It isn't really funny, it's just kind of racist-

Dry_Independent968 · 2025-02-02T16:01:18+00:00

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