Black Notations
1. What does the term Ethiopian delinanator mean?
Blackface performers, before minstrely
2. What do you think accounts for the enormous popularity of “Black minstrels” with White audiences?
These plays and performances allowed for white audiences to make a macokery of African americans and add comic relief to a situation that has very heated opinions.
3. 3. What is the signature feature of the “Black Sambo” caricature and what was its specific political significance? It was about a little black boy who outsmarted a group of hungry tigers, and it represents the racial fight that African americans faced over the years for equality.
4. What is the signature feature of the “Zip Coon” caricature and what was its specific political significance? Urban Black stereotype. Pretentious, flamboyantly dressed (Parody of what is considered dressing well in society). Replaced Yankee character as America's central comic figures.
5. What is the signature feature of the “Black Mammy” caricature and what was its specific political significance? Primary character to solicit laughter. Independent and assertive. Outspoken.
6. How did the caricature of Black Americans suddenly change after the conclusion of the Civil War? What was the political significance of this change? After the civil war, these types of plays were not generally that popular. These plays showed newly freed African Americans that they still had not won this war yet. Yet they were just embarking upon a new war for equality
7. How are all the Black buffoon caricatures like Steppin Fetchit and Amos n’ Andy different from the White buffoon caricatures like the Three Stooges? In other words, how is the political significance of the Black caricatures different from that of the White caricatures? The coon caricature is one of the most insulting of all anti-black caricatures. The name itself, an abbreviation of raccoon, is dehumanizing. As with Sambo, the coon was portrayed as a lazy, easily frightened, chronically
Blackface performers, before minstrely
2. What do you think accounts for the enormous popularity of “Black minstrels” with White audiences?
These plays and performances allowed for white audiences to make a macokery of African americans and add comic relief to a situation that has very heated opinions.
3. 3. What is the signature feature of the “Black Sambo” caricature and what was its specific political significance? It was about a little black boy who outsmarted a group of hungry tigers, and it represents the racial fight that African americans faced over the years for equality.
4. What is the signature feature of the “Zip Coon” caricature and what was its specific political significance? Urban Black stereotype. Pretentious, flamboyantly dressed (Parody of what is considered dressing well in society). Replaced Yankee character as America's central comic figures.
5. What is the signature feature of the “Black Mammy” caricature and what was its specific political significance? Primary character to solicit laughter. Independent and assertive. Outspoken.
6. How did the caricature of Black Americans suddenly change after the conclusion of the Civil War? What was the political significance of this change? After the civil war, these types of plays were not generally that popular. These plays showed newly freed African Americans that they still had not won this war yet. Yet they were just embarking upon a new war for equality
7. How are all the Black buffoon caricatures like Steppin Fetchit and Amos n’ Andy different from the White buffoon caricatures like the Three Stooges? In other words, how is the political significance of the Black caricatures different from that of the White caricatures? The coon caricature is one of the most insulting of all anti-black caricatures. The name itself, an abbreviation of raccoon, is dehumanizing. As with Sambo, the coon was portrayed as a lazy, easily frightened, chronically