Question

help please, define each blackface stereotype and provide an example of each one.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The term Jim Crow originated in 1830 when a White minstrel show performer, Thomas "Daddy" Rice, blackened his face with burnt cork and danced a jig while singing the lyrics to the song,

"Jump Jim .First performed by George Dixon in 1834, Zip Coon made a mockery of free blacks. An arrogant, ostentatious figure, he dressed in high style and spoke in a series of *malaprops and puns that undermined his attempts to appear dignified. Mammy is a source of earthy wisdom who is fiercely independent and brooks no backtalk. Although her image changed a little over the years, she was always a favorite of advertisers. Toms are typically good, gentle, religious and sober. Images of Uncle Toms were another favorite of advertisers.The Buck is a large Black man who is proud, sometimes menacing, and always interested in White women. The temptress. During the minstrel era, wenches were typically a male in female garb. In film, wenches were usually female mulattos. A mixed-blood male or female. In film, often portrayed as a tragic figure who either intentionally or unintentionally passes for White until they discover they have Negro blood or are discovered by another character to be Black. Picaninnies have bulging eyes, unkempt hair, red lips and wide mouths into which they stuff huge slices of watermelon.