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 R&B Singer Alexander O’Neal’s Sad Week Got Even Sadder in an Instant After Trump Removes Major Black Holidays From National Park Calendar for His Birthday, Folks Are Left…

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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