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Posted inFilm

The Three Versions of The Jazz Singer and the Sinister Bargain of Jewish Whiteness

Avatar photo by Caroline Golum August 18, 2021December 30, 2021

For scholars, weighing the context of the classic film’s use of blackface is a valuable thought exercise. For a Jew, it is an exorcism.

Posted inIn Brief

Patrons Wore Blackface and Colonial-Era Costumes to Party at AfricaMuseum

by Hakim Bishara August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Images emerging on social media showed partygoers dressed in pith helmets and blackface at the museum. The colonial-era museum apologized for the event, admitting a “lapse in judgment.”

Posted inPodcast

The Largely Unknown History of Blackface in Canada

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian August 7, 2019April 14, 2022

Here’s how Toronto’s Gardiner Museum is using a figurine in its collection to peel back the layers of violently racialized imagery in Canada.

Posted inIn Brief

A University Sparks Controversy by Removing Evidence of Blackface

Avatar photo by Zachary Small April 5, 2019February 24, 2020

Hollins University has removed access to its online collection of yearbooks that show students and faculty wearing blackface and contain other racist imagery.

Posted inNews

Prada Accused of Blackface, Pulls Controversial Animal Charms from Retailers

Avatar photo by Zachary Small December 14, 2018

On Twitter, the fashion company said the misstep was unintentional before announcing that the caricature in question would be removed from display and circulation.

Posted inOpinion

Cindy Sherman in Blackface

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney October 29, 2015May 8, 2020

Here we go again. #Myhsa (aka @E_SCRAAATCH) has called attention to artist Cindy Sherman’s blackface performance in some rarely seen works from 1976 by using the tag #cindygate.

Posted inArt

As the Met Abandons Blackface, a Look at the Legacy of African Americans in Opera

by Alison Kinney August 3, 2015August 10, 2015

Inevitably, the history of Black American opera chronicles not just perseverance and accomplishment, but also racism and exclusion.

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