RE. Your comments on the CNN site:

Oh man, you are reading way too much into this… Australians have NO history of slavery, so no social hang-ups about black makeup. Those doctors were poking fun at THEMSELVES for not even being in the same league as the Jacksons… A type of humour that Americans seldom fully understand.. Japanese and some EU countries have very similar humour… At the same time they were paying tribute to a great family group, NOT because they were black, but because they could sing and dance so well… Blackness was the last thing on the list of impersonation qualities that the Australian doctors were considering. The connection with slavery didn't even enter into it.

Have you visited Australia? I agree we may be 'simple' in the history of American slavery (among other things), but that simpleness has also been a liberating experience for thousands of people who have decided to migrate to Australia…

Please take off your academic hat and consider,

Yours sincerely

Glen Clifford

RE. Your comments on the CNN site:

Oh man, you are reading way too much into this… Australians have NO history of slavery, so no social hang-ups about black makeup. Those doctors were poking fun at THEMSELVES for not even being in the same league as the Jacksons… A type of humour that Americans seldom fully understand.. Japanese and some EU countries have very similar humour… At the same time they were paying tribute to a great family group, NOT because they were black, but because they could sing and dance so well… Blackness was the last thing on the list of impersonation qualities that the Australian doctors were considering. The connection with slavery didn't even enter into it.

Have you visited Australia? I agree we may be 'simple' in the history of American slavery (among other things), but that simpleness has also been a liberating experience for thousands of people who have decided to migrate to Australia…

Please take off your academic hat and consider,

Yours sincerely

Glen Clifford