Course & Subject Guides

Blackface Minstrelsy Resources: Blackface in Current Events

This guide has been developed by The Center for American Music to provide resources for researching blackface minstrelsy and other demonstrations of blackface performance.

Blackface Current Events

WARNING: This Libguide contains images and text from blackface minstrelsy, a theatrical genre that involved demeaning caricatures of Black people rooted in racism and white supremacy.

Cultural Appropriation

Cultural Appropriation, A Perennial Issue On Halloween

Digital Blackface

Blackfishing: The women accused of pretending to be black
The Women “Blackfishing” on Instagram Aren’t Exactly Trying to Be Black They’re engaging in something more insidious.
We Need to Talk About Digital Blackface in Reaction GIFs
Digital Blackface: How 21st Century Internet Language Reinforces Racism
Racial Performances On Social Media - A study of the Sweet Brown memes
The Dangers of Digital Blackface

Mummer's Parade

Philadelphia Mayor Warns Mummers to End Blackface or Risk Parade
Two Mummers associations condemn ‘expressions of hate’ days after blackface incident

Halloween

Hockey player Akim Aliu gets apology for blackface incident from his former team
One-third of Americans say blackface for Halloween can be OK, Pew study finds The survey was mostly completed before a racist picture surfaced this month in Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's college yearbook.
Westampton candidate wore blackface at 2009 Halloween party. Now GOP pulls support.
‘I’m Truly Sorry’: Milpitas High Teacher Apologizes for Imitating Rapper Common While in Blackface
Students at NJ High School Dress as African-American Slave and Owner at Halloween Party
Township committee candidate not apologizing for wearing blackface at Halloween party 10 years ago
Florida Secretary of State Resigns After Blackface Photos Surface
This is why blackface is offensive
Blackface Halloween: A Toxic Cultural Tradition Every year, a number of Americans still think it’s appropriate to dress up in someone else’s identity.
Megyn Kelly apologizes for defending blackface Halloween costumes

Politicians

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/20/us/politicians-in-blackface-list-trnd/index.html
What Justin Trudeau’s brownface photo says about white innocence Racist incidents are not isolated or distant in the past
The lengthy history of white politicians wearing blackface — and getting a pass
Assessing The Political Fallout Of Trudeau's Blackface Scandal

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Course & Subject Guides

Blackface Minstrelsy Resources: Blackface in Current Events

Blackface Current Events

WARNING: This Libguide contains images and text from blackface minstrelsy, a theatrical genre that involved demeaning caricatures of Black people rooted in racism and white supremacy.

Cultural Appropriation

Digital Blackface

Mummer's Parade

Halloween

Politicians