Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen Tina Fey announced that “30 Rock” would remove four episodes featuring blackface (or what she called “race-changing makeup”) from streaming services, she said that it was because she wanted to “do the work and do better in regards to race in America.” Soon thereafter, episodes featuring approximations of blackface from “Community,” “Scrubs,” and “The Golden Girls” were pulled offline and a scene from “The Office” was cut from Netflix, all ostensibly in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement currently making seismic waves throughout the world. “It’s a weird moment to be living in, as a society and also for me as a Black person,” says Racquel Gates, a professor of cinema and media studies at.
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