00:00It was something that I didn't think was racist at the time but now I recognize it was something racist to do.
00:15Darkening your face, regardless of the context or the circumstances, is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface.
00:30What is racist?
00:38What is racist?
00:46What is racist?
00:51That photo and the racist and offensive attitudes it represents
00:56does not reflect that person I am today
00:59or the way that I have conducted myself as a soldier,
01:02a doctor, and a public servant.
01:06I am deeply sorry.
01:07And then we all go around wearing black make-up and we say, we too!
01:37As I look at my Beyonce across the room, I can see her that night.
01:45She had on a pair of blue coveralls and she had put some black paint all over her face
01:52and we were acting out this skit called Cigar Butts.
01:58I offer my heartfelt apologies for my participation in something from 52 years ago
02:05that I find deeply regrettable.
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