I don’t think minstrel shows with black face were common in Britain?
It’s more likely that white British people took it as “much darker than the skin we’re assuming for people” which is enough to make the simile work.
I don’t think minstrel shows with black face were common in Britain?
It’s more likely that white British people took it as “much darker than the skin we’re assuming for people” which is enough to make the simile work.
undeadotter@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
You’d be wrong on that I’m afraid:
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What the fuck‽ Until '78‽
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
and that was the problem … the Brits loved the idea of a minstrel show in black face because it had everything they loved about it … presenting black people as comical caricatures to be made fun of while also being presented and performed by white people … because they never thought of hiring and paying for actual black people to do these things.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 day ago
:(
I’ll hope that it was still less common than in the US