HK broadcaster airs blackface scene, months after racism controversy

In an episode of the sitcom 'Come Home Love' aired on Monday in Hong Kong, one scene showed a funeral service that mimicked the dancing Ghanaian pallbearers that went viral on social media a few years ago. - AFP

Hong Kong (AFP): One of Hong Kong's top broadcasters has aired a TV show with some characters in blackface, just months after it was accused of racism for putting an actor in brownface.

Blackface is considered highly offensive and racist in many parts of the world, especially in North America, but several skin-darkening controversies have popped up across Asian entertainment in recent years.