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Rep. Mike Lawler apologizes for wearing blackface as part of Michael Jackson costume

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Rep. Mike Lawler , a New York Republican , apologized for wearing blackface in a 2006 Halloween costume.

Lawler said the costume was meant to be "the sincerest form of flattery" Lawler is not the first politician to come under scrutiny over blackface, in which White performers darkened their skin with cork and greasepaint.

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informal

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English

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48

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