brownface

The pictures appear to show Mary Ann Mendoza, a Republican running for the Arizona House of Representatives, dressed in two costumes.
"This POC author was actually a blond white woman who didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with her act of brownface."
Jeanine Cummins' book has been lauded by Stephen King and Lauren Groff, but also lambasted as "problematic," "harmful" and "brownfacing."
The former U.S. president vouched for the Canadian prime minister in his reelection campaign, despite his history of wearing racist makeup.