Toggle landed in familiar territory again recently as the target of public rage — and this time there wasn't any excuse for them to be ignorant of the consequences.
Blackface — makeup used to impersonate as a black person — is incredibly offensive and never at all funny due to its historical usage as a caricature of black people and reinforcement of racist perceptions. Minstrel shows of the '20s had white folks smearing themselves with shoe polish and acting out racist stereotypes, perpetuating perceptions that black people are an inferior race.