Dancer Apologizes for Blackface Halloween Costume

Following an uproar, dancer Julianne Hough took to Twitter Saturday to apologize for donning blackface as part of an Orange Is the New Black Halloween costume.  Suggested Reading The Cost of Recording? Federal Agents Kill Man Filming on Minneapolis Street 13 of The Most Iconic Film and TV Costumes By Black Designers! Expert Breaks Down How…

Following an uproar, dancer Julianne Hough took to Twitter Saturday to apologize for donning blackface as part of an Orange Is the New Black Halloween costume. 

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Good for Hough for apologizing. That was not a good look or a good choice for a costume, no matter the intention.

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