minstrel shows

The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, ancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the American Civil War, African Americans in blackface.

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@MrSimonTaylor There are forms of comedy that are inherently right-wing, though. They're just vile. Minstrel shows, 'abo'/'Lebo' jokes, etc.
Did he just compare us to Al Jolson and minstrel shows? #GamerGate
“@feministashay: Blackface is racist despite how edgy it looks in a magazine.” 21st century minstrel shows.
@MyFansanity @Sports_Realist Color me clueless then. But no matter how it's cast, I've never been a fan of minstrel shows.
@AlexBri_ @Jo_Bashment from minstrel shows?
@sudama There’s a separate issue about diversity in casting that’s legitimate, but not really related to what was wrong with minstrel shows.
@MaxBlumenthal Yeah, great logic there Max. Blacks performed in minstrel shows. That didn't make them any less racist.
.@daveweigel @SonnyBunch Using this reasoning, if a poll indicates majority of people like minstrel shows, we should bring them back?
@pjbeardsley but just because people hate somebody doesn't mean they're a hero. people stopped going to minstrel shows is how they ended
@Chris_Hadrick 2. We don't have minstrel shows any more. Not because of censorship.
I always grouped it with the UPN Minstrel Shows but this was a pretty positive show.
Did they forget about blackface, Buckwheat, and Birth of a Nation? Did they forget about minstrel shows?
@lisagray220 @CNN modern day minstrel shows
@Diplomat_33 @itsGIjane had to give myself a reality check and stop supporting these modern minstrel shows.
@lisagray220 @CNN I know but they only have minstrel shows on tv if they show black people.
@Bro_Pair isn't Simone Shepard's entire brand based around renting herself out to white Viners for 6-second minstrel shows
@Crommunist Yikes! There are a couple of American children's songs that have an unfortunate etymology as well. Started in minstrel shows.
@kilocopter I think of minstrel shows and while they may not have intended it it's easy to see how it could be viewed that way
Like...he didn't get it. We talked about Chief Wahoo, ISIS, Christianity, the criminal justice system, Ferguson, minstrel shows....
Mr. @sadbillionaire was thinking about your work on culture workers & value in 19th cent-you looking at hist lit on minstrel shows, Barnum?
@b00nes The same argument could've been made by the creator of minstrel shows & anti-Semitic art: we're giving market what it wants.
@VH1 is really making modern day minstrel shows and a considerable amount of black people are enjoying them
@EustaciaLondon blackface is based on stereotypes anyway so it kinda fits. Black people didnt really act the way minstrel shows made it seem
@JellyIntoAJam @JamilSmith how do you feel about minstrel shows?
@Jodelka cos whenever I see a white person with black paint on their face I'm reminded of minstrel shows & feel upset about being mocked
My last girlfriend would spend hours putting on makeup. Lesson: never date anyone who performs on minstrel shows. Plus, you know, racism.
RT @graafteltottien: @Ninouh90 and then they go and talk about the evils of minstrel-shows ¬_¬
@Ninouh90 and then they go and talk about the evils of minstrel-shows ¬_¬
@PDugna @Sargon_of_Akkad What they did mirrors the jim crow era minstrel shows in so many ways.
https://t.co/h1nee22CWX here's a guy goin off on one about minstrel shows w/o prompting and posting lots of racist imagery. checkmate sjws.
#TweetLikeNotYourShield Lear some history you abhorrent clowns.
Still not sure how white people in warpaint w fake war cries isn’t the same as blackface and minstrel shows. Beat FSU, cartoon Irish people!
@someponyelse swaths of people who view "black face" as a horrible reminder of Minstrel Shows, Jim Crow, Slavery and the continued complex
@nickdahn use of black-face, commentary about the history of minstrel shows wearing traditional cultural clothing.It's culture not costume.
Great article I read as an undergrad. Had to dig to find it. Connects with Hunter's acct of minstrel shows. #hist550
Speaking of minstrel shows..I gotta play little brother soon..that album was 🔥
Maybe its the history of minstrel shows that still sting but its never outrage when the tables turn..all laughs
@Caped_Crusader Minstrel shows even were, so the greater meaning might have been lost. But it's still dumb as hell. @RobotsPJs @GeekStuffOG
The status of Rap and Hip Hop in the states is so poor that it looks and behaves like minstrel shows with no painted faces.
RT @_lizbarr: I feel like "I've never heard of minstrel shows" isn't a good argument against "minstrel shows are the racist source of racis…
Incidentally, minstrel shows were super popular in Australia, especially the ones that featured real African Americans.
I feel like "I've never heard of minstrel shows" isn't a good argument against "minstrel shows are the racist source of racist golliwogs."
@_silkyyy yep clowns are straight out of minstrel shows
Guys stereotypical depictions of Black people/Black women already exist, they have historical precedence. Minstrel shows/Mammys/Clowns
@mitch_hav_ it's akin to the old minstrel shows back in the day
@laureninspace It might be wrong, but it shouldn't be compared to the overtly rascist and hateful minstrel shows of the past.
@laureninspace minstrel shows and just the ridiculous, racist caricatures that were created, making a whole race of people into cartoons.
In summary: it's a tradition that we could probably afford to let die but conflating it with antebellum minstrel shows is simply mischeivous
RT @olhnso: In 30 years we will view Big Bang Theory with the same contempt we now hold for Minstrel shows; it is blackface for the autism …
Clowns came from Minstrel Shows!

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