Blackface

This thesis offers a critique of the current use of three historical racist tropes that have occurred throughout American history: blackface, whitewashing, and colorism. It argues the importance of diversity in Hollywood and television. Additionally, this thesis will analyze how…

From the New England Tunesmiths at the time of the Revolutionary War to the rich harmonies of slaves shared with the rest of the world after the Civil War, the composers of the United States have a rich musical ancestry. The early music of America is imbued with the rough-cut pi…

A racist form of entertainment that persists through generations, Blackface has evolved with modernity to maintain relevancy, transforming into the 21st-century practice of Blackfishing: the process of white women manipulating their features to emulate the physical attributes an…