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And exactly when did we reach the point where we forgot what constituted the infuriating parts of blackface? It wasn't just that actors painted their faces black. It was the stereotypical behaviors expressed once the actors took it on. It was the mockery. It was the flagrant racism. When I was growing up, I was taught that it was the fact that African Americans could not become actors and white people used the facepaint to misrepresent and mock generations of African Americans in both stage performances and movies. I was under the impression that there has to be intent to defame, mock, stereotype, or something like that--for instance to caricature one of the 8 common racist black stereotypes.
I was under the impression that blackface was repulsive precisely because of those historical associations. You cannot separate the act of wearing dark or black makeup, which on the face of it looks like it could be a neutral action, from the horror of the condescending and racist assumptions that went with it. Therefore blackface is fraught with terrible actions and beliefs, even though without its historical meaning it looks like it could be merely a harmless part of playacting.
Plenty of things which looked at objectively seem to be harmless have horrifying associations because of how they were used.
Furthermore, it is not the place of white people like me to tell black people whether and when they must cease to be offended by blackface makeup. If a class of people has been made to suffer from something, it is up to them how they react to it and for how long.
I do not think there are rules for whether blackface is offensive or not.
For now, and for as long as the remembrance is needful, blackface is offensive.