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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 3946894" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>I was not aware that American blackface originated in the 1830's when plantation owners would have 'plays' at their house for guests. These plays demeaned Black slaves.</p><p>I thought it started in vaudeville acts in the early 20th century.</p><p></p><p>On further research ...</p><p>There is no consensus about a single moment that constitutes the origin of blackface. </p><p>The journalist and cultural commentator John Strausbaugh places it as part of a tradition </p><p>of "displaying Blackness for the enjoyment and edification of white viewers" that dates back at least to 1441, when captive West Africans were displayed in Portugal. </p><p>White people routinely portrayed the black characters in the Elizabethan and Jacobean theater (see English Renaissance theatre), most famously in Othello (1604). </p><p>However, Othello and other plays of this era did not involve the emulation and </p><p>caricature of "such supposed innate qualities of Blackness as inherent musicality, natural athleticism", etc. </p><p>that Strausbaugh sees as crucial to blackface.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 3946894, member: 18222"] I was not aware that American blackface originated in the 1830's when plantation owners would have 'plays' at their house for guests. These plays demeaned Black slaves. I thought it started in vaudeville acts in the early 20th century. On further research ... There is no consensus about a single moment that constitutes the origin of blackface. The journalist and cultural commentator John Strausbaugh places it as part of a tradition of "displaying Blackness for the enjoyment and edification of white viewers" that dates back at least to 1441, when captive West Africans were displayed in Portugal. White people routinely portrayed the black characters in the Elizabethan and Jacobean theater (see English Renaissance theatre), most famously in Othello (1604). However, Othello and other plays of this era did not involve the emulation and caricature of "such supposed innate qualities of Blackness as inherent musicality, natural athleticism", etc. that Strausbaugh sees as crucial to blackface. [/QUOTE]
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