Multimedia Collection
Ethnic Notions: Black People in White Minds
VHS
57 minutes
E185.61 .E851 1992
Ethnic Notions is the award-winning documentary which takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history. It traces for the first time the evolution of the deeply rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.
Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, advertisements, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights era and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche.
Narration by Ester Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed light on the origins and devastating consequences of this 150-year-long parade of bigotry.
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