False equivalence. Blackface was not civil disobedience. Not even sure why you're bringing that up unless it is to tie white guilt in America to white guilt in Sweden.
Who said anything about anyone 'caricaturing' people of Arabic origin? They spoke the language. That is not by itself a 'caricature'.
Moreover, blackface was done to be funny (you know, like an actual caricature). This is done to make a political point.
If it was Americans answering a phone line like this with an exaggerated Texas accent, you wouldn't bat an eye. That's how we know you're driven by white guilt.
If you would prefer, you could replace 'blackface' with 'speaking ebonics.' I'm sure that would be a real hoot. Eveybody, laugh at the white man pretending to be a black man who can barely speak understandable English!
I wonder what kind of political statement that would make...
A caricature is 'a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.' Blackface absolutely qualifies. Pretending to speak another language/dialect for grotesque effect absolutely qualifies.
And yes, if America had a large group of people who would put on black hoods, and stand on metaphorical soapboxes, shouting about how Texans are destroying the country, how they are rapists and thieves, and they should be sent back to <Wherever>, I'd have a problem with that, too. For some reason, though, this form of racism doesn't seem to be particularly popular...
The intent behind the two instances is different. With blackface, it was part of entertainment, not political protest. With this Sweden thing (which I'm assuming is legitimate, as I've yet to see a source by the person claiming it, although I've asked), the intent seems clear, to me, to be political protest of the perceived dilution of their culture.
Now if black people in America were wearing white face to politically protest gentrification, I would say that's more equivalent to this Sweden thing than historical blackface.
The Swedish left has gone completely off the rails, to the point where merely addressing a demographic shift gets you accused of spreading "racist propaganda". When the Swedish authorities cover up mass sexual assaults because they were committed by a particular group, that's not propaganda, that's just good work - we wouldn't want those imaginary SS divisions to take advantage of such inconvenient realities.
This whole issue appears to be virtually unknown outside Scandinavian circles - and to some degree inside Sweden, whose print and broadcast media are to all intents and purposes heavily censored.
I had a Swedish girlfriend for a while. She moved to Denmark, where I live. And within a month changed her entire outlook on the demographics of her native land.
It is actually getting serious. Artists are jailed for their work in Sweden these days. Malmø is going out of control. The country is in a downward spiral of violence and chaos, and in deep, deep denial.
The merest mention of these issues automatically trigger the full brunt of rightist extremism accusations. And a predictable loss of karma points.
