1. Let's talk a bit about the blackface & minstrelsy in old cartoon's like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw06K0dG1Zw …
9. Blackface/minstrelsy then can be seen as Disney & Co.'s attempt to square the circle: to have something that is both nostalgic & modern.
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10. Role of nostalgia in racism is under-analyzed I think. Minstrelsy made racism seem homey, familiar comfortable, a tried-and-true gag
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11. By this analysis, the blackface/minstrelsy in these cartoons not just something they inherited by a response to new urban culture.
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