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Examples of minstrelsy
minstrelsy
There is no cultural context in which blackface minstrelsy is okay or acceptable.
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Some have claimed this portrayal comes too close to minstrelsy for comfort.
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For the 19th century American form of music and performance known as minstrelsy, see minstrel show.
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Directly related to this was the institution of minstrelsy.
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His career shows that black and white people actually did collaborate to an extent in blackface minstrelsy.
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Williams was a light-skinned West Indian, and since, as noted, the shadow of minstrelsy was still long, he wore blackface.
From the timesunion.com
The song presented the point of view, common to minstrelsy at the time, that slavery was overall a positive institution.
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Despite these drawbacks, minstrelsy provided African American performers with their first professional stage outlet.
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Its practitioners were thoroughly entrenched in minstrelsy and vaudeville, and accessible to all races of people.
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- A troupe of minstrels
- Ballads sung by minstrels
- The art of a minstrel
