Mastodawn

Been seeing another minstrel tv ad, less egregious than Busta's Christmas Walmart shame, but still bad.

A young content creator, KidTheWiz, cooning for the U.S. Army.

Minstrelry has returned to the mainstream, all for a few bucks.

First, the elder led way; now, the youth are following 😑 🤡

…and I don’t mean the re-imagined #AmosAndAndy I mean the original #Blackface version. Here’s a clip for reference https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxeqBmZkNslzBkttB8Yxtkwn4ArINDebtJ

30 seconds · Clipped by Petty Idol · Original video "Check And Double Check (1930) | The Only Amos 'n' Andy Feature Film #Blackface" by Reelblack One

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I’m not sure how many people know this but in the extremely racist program #AmosAndAndy the character “Kingfish” was loosely based on #HueyPLong a politician that many Black men, including my grandfather was named after. #ManyRiversPBS #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackHistoryMonth