With respect, it's not clear to me that outside of the US, many people do find it racially offensive.

Sacha Dratwa is a 26-year-old immigrant from Belgium. (http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/117235/the...)

Does Dratwa understand what blackface is all about? Or as the website states it, Apparently, he’s also into some good ‘ol fashioned Jim Crow styled blackface as well.

Does it make sense to say that a 26 year old Israeli from Belgium is into Jim Crow styled blackface?