The Black Face -GurlTalkkTV

Blackface in the narrow sense is a style of theatrical makeup that originated in the United States, used to take on the appearance of certain archetypes of American racism, especially those of the darky or coon. Blackface in the broader sense includes similarly stereotyped performances even when they do not involve blackface makeup.

Blackface is American in origin, and blackface in the narrow sense was an important performance tradition in the American theater for roughly 100 years beginning around 1830. It was rapidly popular overseas, particularly so in Britain, where the tradition lasted even longer.

In both the United States and Britain, blackface was most commonly used in the minstrel performance tradition, but it predates that tradition, and it survived long past the heyday of the minstrel show. White blackface performers in the past used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to blacken their skin and exaggerate their lips, often wearing woolly wigs, gloves, tailcoats, or ragged clothes to complete the transformation. Later, black artists also performed in blackface.

Stereotypes embodied in the stock characters of blackface minstrelsy played a significant role in cementing and proliferating racist images, attitudes and perceptions worldwide. In some quarters, the caricatures that were the legacy of blackface persist to the present day and are a cause of ongoing controversy.

By the mid-20th century, changing attitudes about race and racism effectively ended the prominence of blackface makeup used in performance in the U.S. and elsewhere. It remains in relatively limited use as a theatrical device, mostly outside the U.S., and is more commonly used today as edgy social commentary or satire. Perhaps the most enduring effect of blackface is the precedent it established in the introduction of African American culture to an international audience, albeit through a distorted lens.

Blackface's groundbreaking appropriation, exploitation, and assimilation of African-American culture—as well as the inter-ethnic artistic collaborations that stemmed from it—were but a prologue to the lucrative packaging, marketing, and dissemination of African-American cultural expression and its myriad derivative forms in today's world popular culture.

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[dganir1]

"Gurl Talkk??" Dave Chapelle's feminization of black males reference comes to mind again. Belitting black women as well by saying why even black men can't stand them and date outside their race? Good way to keep a people down-the best and most effective way is to have a black person sat it themselves to give the sterotypes more credibility. Divide and conquer, I suppose. These are just my observations. At least this posted, though I wouldn't be surprised if my comments are pulled.

[GurlTalkkTV]

No need for me to pull your comments dganir1, cause I'm not offended by them. Being called an "Uncle Tom" or whatever else you choose to classify me as honestly has no affect on me. No offense but I could truly careless. However, if it makes YOU feel any better please feel free to avoid GTV so you don't have to endure all that bothers you about my channel.  Freedom of choice is cool like that., ya dig!! Happy YouTubing Dganir1 :)

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[c0c0puffz]

don't be giving out your address cuz you might end up with some stalkers at your door.

[Meloman0001]

haha lol...Where do u get these wigs?

[cutesongstress]

whats the address boo boo

[ConfederateKlan]

if i was Born a Nigger' I'D Blow my Head off.

[musictop313]

@GurlTalkkTV fucking uncle tom you make wanye brady look like dustin hoffman

[DeafFret]

Interesting commentary to the right. How do you, personally, feel about black-face?

[Logicbeatslies]

"Uncle Tom" is a disgusting form of thought control. If racism is going to die, then you have to destroy the black/white/slant/etc divide. It isn't about censorship. It is about saying whatever you want without being labeled because of your race and that means you can say what you like about any race because ideally nobody cares.

This is not a far fetched hope. It is what happens when you don't tell people what they can say about each other.

Best vid 5*

[Logicbeatslies]

White farmers in Africa would beg to differ.

Don't be a hypocrite and tell me they don't belong in Africa and Africa belongs to blacks, because the KKK tried to say the same thing in America and I don't think you would accept their position.

[chokoboy5578]

white ppl should not be tellin us wat not 2 get offended by i can take race joke i even say alot of them but whites cant tell us wat 2 b n not b offended by cuz white caused the pain n gave us a reason 2 b offended n whites didn't go thru wat other races did so white ppl b white n shut the fuck up

[dganir1]

I'm not black but I'm offended, not just by blackface, but those "Uncle Toms" that perpetuate the sterotypes & act like effeminate buffoons for media attention & money. I remember Dave Chapelle saying Hollywood insists on feminizing black men by having them dress in drag at least once. He refused when directors wanted him to dress in drag for a movie. You're the perfect example of a shameless Tom that schucks and jives & perpeturates stereortypes. I bet you won't even post this.