Whiteface
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Whiteface is a play of word on blackface and a comic technique where African Americans pretend to be whites. The trend is often cited as having been popularized with Eddie Murphy's experimentation with whiteface, which itself was based upon earlier comedians, including Richard Pryor. Most recently, the technique was used in the film White Chicks (2004).
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