Blackface

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• SOURCE: KXAN
  6/15/2020
  

  Calls to End ‘Eyes of Texas’ Draw Focus to Professor’s Lessons on UT’s Racial History

  UT Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies Edmund T. Gordon explains how the university's spirit song is tied to Robert E. Lee.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/20/19
  

  It's Not Just Justin Trudeau: Canada’s Surprising History of Blackface

  Scandalous images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau don’t just tarnish his image—they also point to the hidden history of racism and minstrelsy in his country.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/12/19
  

  Beyond blackface: How college yearbooks captured protest and change

  by John R. Thelin

  College yearbook editors in the 1960s juxtaposed pictures of traditional campus activities, such as Greek Life, alongside images of protests and marches.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  2/21/19
  

  Blackface, KKK hoods and mock lynchings: Review of 900 yearbooks finds blatant racism

  In one of the most extensive searches of college yearbooks ever, we found blackface and Ku Klux Klan photos like Ralph Northam's far beyond Virginia.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/16/19
  

  The lengthy history of white politicians wearing blackface — and getting a pass

  The history of blackface in American politics is wide and deep, frequently creating little more than a ripple of outrage for the mayors, state legislators and gubernatorial candidates caught on camera darkening their skin and caricaturing black people.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/12/19
  

  Ibram X. Kendi: A Reading List for Ralph Northam

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  "Here’s my own anti-racist reading list for Northam and my fellow Americans who are truly awakening after their own blackface moment. It is for people realizing they were taught by their relatives and friends and the media how to be racist."

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/11/19
  

  Historians challenge Northam’s ‘indentured servants’ remark

  Featuring historians Rebecca Goetz and Michael Guasco. 

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• SOURCE: Pew Research
  2/11/19
  

  About a third of Americans say blackface in a Halloween costume is acceptable at least sometimes

  The survey was conducted almost entirely before news broke about Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and other high-profile politicians who have been accused of wearing blackface as part of costumes when they were younger.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/7/19
  

  Why Won’t Blackface Go Away? It’s Part of America’s Troubled Cultural Legacy

  by Wil Haygood

  For more than 180 years, racist stereotypes have been used to entertain.

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  2/6/19
  

  A Racial Reckoning for Democratic Leaders in Virginia

  by Jelani Cobb

  In disavowing his yearbook photo but admitting to wearing blackface on another occasion, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam implies that he is being castigated for the wrong instance of minstrelsy.

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• SOURCE: WHYY.org
  2/5/19
  

  Why we keep looking at the Northam photo

  by Johnathon Zimmerman

  Because we all know — in our hearts — that racism is America’s original sin. 

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• SOURCE: Democracy Now!
  2/4/`9
  

  Video of the Week 1: Rhae Lynn Barnes on the History of Blackface and the Virginia Racism Scandal

  Americans Must Face Violent History of Blackface Amid Virginia Gov. Racist Photo Scandal

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  2/4/19
  

  Eric Lott on Ralph Northam and the History of Blackface

  by Isaac Chotiner

  In an interview, Eric Lott discusses the subject of blackface and its historical role in American politics, culture, and racism.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  2/7/19
  

  A Complicated Racial History Underpins Politics In Virginia

  The controversies rocking Richmond are a reminder of the complicated racial history that underpins Virginia politics.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/6/19
  

  Virginia is the birthplace of American slavery and segregation — and it still can’t escape that legacy

  Four hundred years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to the United States, the commonwealth reckons with the consequences of the system it created.

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• 2/4/19
  

  What Historians Are Saying: Ralph Northam, Blackface, and the KKK

  Historians contextualized the Virginia governor's yearbook photos--and had a lot to say. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/2/19
  

  The History of Blackface

  Blackface isn't just about painting one's skin darker or putting on a costume. It invokes a racist and painful history.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/2/19
  

  The troubling history behind Ralph Northam’s blackface Klan photo

  by Rhae Lynn Barnes

  How blackface shaped Virginia politics and culture for more than a century.

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• SOURCE: Insider
  10-25-18 (accessed)
  

  Megyn Kelly defended blackface on the 'Today' show, but here's the racist history behind it

  It has a history of being used to mock African-Americans and exclude black actors from the entertainment industry.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6-15-18
  

  Australian university students dress as Ku Klux Klan and in blackface

  Charles Sturt University investigates ‘politically incorrect’ themed student party.