Beyond Jim Crow

Racial stereotypes continued to appear in all areas of media beyond just minstrel shows. Comics, cartoons, television shows, movies are all genres where that have taken part in questionable race portrayals. Her is an excerpt from a website devoted to the history of blackface which discusses some of these current portrayals:

"In Bamboozled (2000), Spike Lee addresses the legacy of blackface minstrelsy, and raises the question of who is wearing the blackface now. Many of the Black characters in television comedies today are derived from the same racist stereotypes of blacks that have existed since the days of minstrel shows. The FOX Television sitcom, South Central (1994) was, in the words of Brotherhood Crusade President Danny Blackwell, "the Amos 'n' Andy of 1994." The Parent 'Hood (1995-2000), a program aimed at family viewers, relied on working class coon and mammy caricatures for a good portion of its humor. 180 years after "Daddy" Rice donned blackface makeup and sang Jump Jim Crow for white audiences, Black families in television comedies remain negative, stereotypical portrayals that White television producers and distributors believe the majority of the American public imagines Black families to be."

For an extensive index on images, videos, and objects portraying racial stereotypes follow this link: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/menu.htm.

This is a video found on youtube of a collection of racist imagery used by a teacher for educational purposes.