dave
Stan Wickham (3)
All this shouting about political correctness is why most of the world thinks Australia is a racist country. While the intent obviously wasn't racist in this instance, blackface is seen as a symbol of racism almost universally so Quantas (being a global corporation and all,) probably should have had a think about that before they put a picture on their Twitter.
Yep, Qantas' PR dept fucked up. But honestly, and it's been more or less covered in previous posts, "Blackface" was used in the US as a form of mockery. I imagine with those two fans mockery (and the US) was the furthest thing from their minds. And this is as it should be. If you take something that has an awful connotation and attach something positive to it you can change its definition. They were celebrating Samo. Imitation, obviously without mockery, is the sincerest form of flattery.