1. Let's talk a bit about the blackface & minstrelsy in old cartoon's like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw06K0dG1Zw …
6.But beyond vaudeville roots, important to realize position of animators like Disney as nostalgic techno-modernists to understand blackface
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7. Disney was both on cutting edge of technology (animation!) and nostalgic for the warmth/security/familiarity of small town America.
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8. During rise of animation industry, particularly 1940s, Southern California experienced black migration from South.
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