Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in January 2020. John Salangsang/John Salangsang/Invision/AP hide caption
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Craig Stivender, a Republican candidate for Colleton County sheriff in South Carolina, released a photo of himself in blackface in a recent campaign video. He says he was dressed as Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the Black Mafia family. "[If] I'm going to run on honesty and integrity, I'm willing to put out things bad about me," he said. Craig Stivender for Colleton County sheriff hide caption
South Carolina Sheriff's Candidate: I Wore Blackface 10 Years Ago
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A model is seen wearing a black Gucci turtleneck with red lips. After the company was widely criticized for what many saw as resembling blackface, Gucci withdrew the sweaters from its shelves. Andrea Ronchini/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators hold signs and chant in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 2. They were calling for the resignation of Gov. Ralph Northam after a racist photo on his medical school yearbook page came to light. He denies that he is in the photo but admits to once dressing in blackface. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Racist Med School Yearbook Photos? Medicine's Racism Problems Go Even Deeper
A photo on the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity yearbook page from 1972 shows someone wearing blackface for a costume. Courtesy of Abby Clukey hide caption
U.Va. Students Investigate Their Yearbook's Racist History — Starting With Its Title
A Black Pete interacts with children during the arrival of Sinterklaas in Monnickendam, Netherlands, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Patrick Post/AP hide caption
Pastor Mark Burns spoke at the Republican National Convention last month, calling on Republicans to "come together to defeat Hillary Clinton and those race-baiting Democrats." Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Tenor Placido Domingo performs the title role in a 1994 performance of Verdi's Otello at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Johan Elbers/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images hide caption
Fox's Gotham stars (from left) John Doman, Camren Bicondova, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robin Lord Taylor and Cory Michael Smith. The show was recently criticized for initially selecting a white stuntwoman as a body double for a black guest star. Fox TV hide caption
Scene still from Bert Williams Lime Kiln Field Day Project. Bert Williams, Walker Thompson (standing center), John Wesley Jenkins (seated right). In a concession to white audiences, Williams, the lead, wore blackface, but the other black characters did not. Museum of Modern Art hide caption