Refers to blackface used in Minstrelsy
Blackface - album - was created on 1995-09-26.
Blackface is a style of theatrical makeup in which a white person blackens their face in order to portray a black person.
The blackface stage actor's name was Jim Crow. Before the official Jim Crow it was "Daddy Jim Crow".
Was called a minstrel show.
the makeup used by white actors to portray slaves.
Blackface is the use of makeup to make a non black person look black. It was used frequently in vaudeville and minstrel shows. The practice dates back to at least 1441.
Blackface minstrelsy was prolific in the 1800s. It stereotyped slaves as dumb and happy or exaggeratedly refined. The caricatures fed a racist narrative about African behavior, attitudes, and culture.
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Daniel Decatur Emmett
There are a few Scottish breeds: Scottish Blackface, Cheviot and a recent hybrid called a Bowmont
There was an exploding gag were a character would have something blow up in his face resulting in blackface