“Blackface minstrelsy was the pre-eminent form of entertainment in the United States for most of the 19th-century … Yes, blackface comedy was racist and appalling … It is also a key to cracking the code of American culture.”
“Blackface minstrelsy was the pre-eminent form of entertainment in the United States for most of the 19th-century … Yes, blackface comedy was racist and appalling … It is also a key to cracking the code of American culture.”