Okay, that’s probably not fair. Tom Hanks isn’t necessarily a racist. He just doesn’t have a problem with it.
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David Martosko has the full story. Now Mr. Hanks knows how Don Henley must’ve felt all those years.
Hang in there, Tom. You might want to give Ted Danson a call. He’s been there.
Update: Speaking of actors who are better off waiting for the smart guys to write words for them to recite: Robert De Niro.
Update: Remember when HuffPo thought blackface was bad? Probably not, it was a whole month ago.
Update: Did I say a month? My mistake, it was only three weeks ago. The Today Show used to think blackface was bad too.
Update: Wow, Gawker even has a “blackface” tag. I’m sure they’ll get around to Tom Hanks eventually.