Brown Up

What is Brown Up?


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The act of applying copious amounts of make up to a white actor to have them play a minority, without the malice behind black face.

"Lets not hire an Indian guy, lets just brown up a white guy"

-Bil Dwyer describing Fisher Stevens's characters in the "Short Circuit" movie series

See racism, 80s, indian, minority, weird


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