Blackface is the practice of performers using burned cork, shoe polish, or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment. Scholarship on the origins or …

2019年2月2日 · Blackface isn’t just about painting one’s skin darker or putting on a costume. It invokes a racist and painful history. The origins of blackface date back to the minstrel shows of …

These performances characterized blacks as lazy, ignorant, superstitious, hypersexual, and prone to thievery and cowardice. Thomas Dartmouth Rice, known as the “Father of Minstrelsy,” …

2019年2月13日 · The portrayal of blackface–when people darken their skin with shoe polish, greasepaint or burnt cork and paint on enlarged lips and other exaggerated features—is …

2014年10月29日 · From lynchings to mass incarceration, whites have utilized blackface (and the resulting dehumanization) as part of its moral and legal justification for violence.

2021年4月29日 · Understanding the often-forgotten medieval roots of blackface might help us to end old performance traditions and to create new ones. A book that explains what blackface …

2020年6月11日 · Blackface is a historical practice that dates back around 200 years. It's seen as racist and many people find it deeply offensive. Here's what you need to know.

This is a list of entertainers known to have performed in blackface makeup, whether in a minstrel show, as satire or historical depiction of such roles, or in a portrayal of a character using …

Throughout history, portrayals of characters in 'blackface' — with white people made up to caricature Black stereotypes — have been used in ways that demean, denigrate, and trivialize …

2024年10月9日 · Blackface is a practice with deep historical roots that has caused significant harm through its perpetuation of racist stereotypes and dehumanization of Black people.