Minstrel Show Blackface Sand Dance

Ned Haverly does a song and sand dance in blackface in a clip from "Yes Sir, Mr. Bones" (1951). Ned was the son of JH Haverly, the owner of the largest minstrel troupe in the late 19th Century; Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels.
Read about the history of blackface and minstrel shows at: http://www.black-face.com

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Film & Animation

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• Ned Haverly
• sand dance
• blackface
• minstrel show
• Yes Sir
• Mr. Bones

[joehancock01]

hes soo goood ^_^

[ikachina]

@joehancock01

And it's really impressive when you take into account how old he was. His actual birth date is unknown, but he had to be over 70 when this film was made. Amazon Marketplace has a minstrel show artifact for sale that he autographed in 1884. That was 67 years before this film was made.

[joehancock01]

@ikachina PLEASE SEND A LINK xD i rlly wanna look at this =D

[ikachina]

@joehancock01

Amazon: "Showtime USA, Vol. 2: Yes Sir, Mr. Bones!"

[JxT1957]

cool, he can moonwalk :D

[thatguy30000]

A lot of minstrel shows were racist... this isn't one of them

[GeorgeJansen]

is this mutha fucker anout ready to the moonwalk?! years before mj?! hoooollly shit racist but fucking funny...........damn...i should not be laughing....damn u white man...damn you

[gck1953]

Sure wish they'd bring these classics back to TCM or A*E.

[masteryas21]

@AhaSeriously Because you wouldn't have black actors at that time due to the discrimination... So white people would dress up as black, exaggerating the black features and behavior, making fun of them! It was the same with Japanese and chinese people in movies, played by white actors. peace.

[keynikki]

YES! black face is racist it started with racist intentions, it reinforced racist stereotypes and racist views...

[Yellowsubmaurine]

@AhaSeriously It's the same ritual for the masks of actors of greek plays or commedia. It's a symbol of transformation. Someone raised exactly the same question in my theatre history class today :)

[MsFatima73]

is he trying to be racist

[xJasbo]

The first recorded blackface performances can be traced  to the early 1600s in Williams Shakespeare Othello out of necessity for it was difficult to find black performers in Europe