Quotes tagged “blackface”

“...out of the counterfeiting of the black American's identity [in blackface minstrelsy] there arises a profound doubt in the white man's mind as to the authenticity of his own image of himself. He,...”

“When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical.”

“...out of the counterfeiting of the black American's identity [in blackface minstrelsy] there arises a profound doubt in the white man's mind as to the authenticity of his own image of himself. He,...”

“When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical.”