Robert Downey Jr Blackface Controversy

wait... why did Robert Downey Jr get a pass for doing blackface in a full length feature film? and why am i just now finding out abt it? #cancelrdj

A screenshot of a tweet questioning why Robert Downey Jr. faced little backlash for portraying a character in blackface in the feature film Tropic Thunder. The side-by-side images compare Downey Jr.’s appearance in the film with a Black man, making the post an exaggerated call to “cancel” him and a reaction to belatedly discovering the controversy.

• @itvbia / 655 2020-05-07