CCTV's Lunar New Year TV Gala Showcase 'Racist Blackface' African Sketch

Publisher:
Blue Global
Publication Date:
15 February 2018
Tags:
Africa, Asia, Australia, and Africa, Press and Media

In China, criticism of the CCTV African skit on social media has been censored. This is not surprising, given that, every year, Chinese censors work hard to erase negative comments of a show that has gone from being a must-watch for many Chinese families to a source of memes and jokes for younger generations.

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