Dancer Apologizes for Blackface Halloween Costume

By
Lynette Holloway
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Following an uproar, dancer Julianne Hough took to Twitter Saturday to apologize for donning blackface as part of an Orange Is the New Black Halloween costume. 

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Good for Hough for apologizing. That was not a good look or a good choice for a costume, no matter the intention.

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