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Blackface Minstrelsy in 19th-century America

The impact of blackface minstrelsy on the perception of Black people in 19th-century America, including the creation of demeaning archetypes and the influence on everyday language and social expectations.

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How did blackface minstrelsy shape racial slurs and stereotypes in 19th-century America?

codified and nationalized a set of demeaning archetypes—Jim Crow, Zip Coon, the mammy, the happy-go-lucky “darky,” and the hypersexual “savage”—that translated theatrical caricature into everyday slur...