History 2132A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stripper, Buffalo Bill, Amusement Park

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 2132A/B
• Professor: Geoff Stewart

Document Summary

The practice where white actors apply burnt cork to their face to make themselves look. Perform stereotypes of black attributes (childish, immature, less civilized) Emerged in the 7th ward of new york city. Originally performed black face minstrelsy to mock elite white pretention. Performed the so(cid:374)g (cid:862)ji(cid:373) crow(cid:863) (cid:894)a parody so(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out a(cid:374) afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:895) Perfor(cid:373)ed (cid:862)the cake walk(cid:863) a da(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:373)o(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s. The dance actually emerged from slaves mocking the elite white masters. Dartmouth realized there was an audience for black faced minstrelsy. Black face minstrelsy becomes a way for reinforces the separation of white and black. Uses this to maintain a racial hierarchy. Blackfaced minstrelsy becomes commercialized (people pay to see these shows) Jim crow is hardworking, sincere, dimwitted, passive (the good negro) Zip coon is arrogant, urban freeman, lazy, devious, (the bad negro) This is the way people start to see and expect of african americans.