Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture
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Genres: Arts & Photography, Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Arts & Photography, Nonfiction
Book Type: Hardcover
C.M P. (selkie) reviewed on + 418 more book reviews
This book has been too widely ignored due to the title, the cover, or being miscatagorized under "entertainment" because of its references to blackface, Al Jolsen, ect...
But it is about so much more. This is a book on social sciences, human relations, discrimination/prejudice no matter what one's race is;, how Americans used to be to be able "to suck it up" & take a joke (Now, God forbid one make a joke about another race unless you are a professional comedienne!), of political correctness gone wrong, & American history in general.
And it is written in such an unbiased tone that one cannnot tell the race of the author until the last section of the book.
Everyone should read this book.
But it is about so much more. This is a book on social sciences, human relations, discrimination/prejudice no matter what one's race is;, how Americans used to be to be able "to suck it up" & take a joke (Now, God forbid one make a joke about another race unless you are a professional comedienne!), of political correctness gone wrong, & American history in general.
And it is written in such an unbiased tone that one cannnot tell the race of the author until the last section of the book.
Everyone should read this book.
