On January 5, the leader of Spain's Andalusia region, Juanma Moreno, painted his face black to portray Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, during a parade in Seville as part of Spain's traditional Epiphany celebrations — prompting activists and online commentators to call attention to racism. Historically, blackface — when a white person paints their face black in a racist caricature of a Black person — has been used to mock, stereotype and dehumanize Black people.