It feels so out of the blue, so unnecessary. Like the writer had been bored. It’s difficult to imagine that this didn’t jolt readers out of the story, even at the time.
I’m just spitballing here but maybe back in the 1950s and earlier there wasn’t as much mixed race couples or children from those interracial marriages? Like today we have so many shades of “black” that maybe wasn’t as popular nearly 100 years ago.
They « were » in theatre and movie production at the time. Black American weren’t allowed to play a role so they used white male with charcoal and show shine
Fun fact they were some black actor that did black face as a kind of protestation IIRC
p64 of the document, p60 of the book
For the lazy who don’t want to look it up
It feels so out of the blue, so unnecessary. Like the writer had been bored. It’s difficult to imagine that this didn’t jolt readers out of the story, even at the time.
I wonder if Carlin ever tried sneaking that past the censors.
I’m too lazy even for this. I need a red circle and perhaps some Family Guy to get my attention.
I genuinely don’t even understand what this means. Black people aren’t charcoal black.
In the 1950s … to average white people who might have never seen a black person before … they would imagine this
I’m just spitballing here but maybe back in the 1950s and earlier there wasn’t as much mixed race couples or children from those interracial marriages? Like today we have so many shades of “black” that maybe wasn’t as popular nearly 100 years ago.
Just a random thought
According to old-timey racists, they are.
Exactly … according to old-timey racists in the 1950s … this is what they imagined about black people
Remember the meme about the guy being immune to BnW filter?
Alright, that’s actually pretty funny.
They « were » in theatre and movie production at the time. Black American weren’t allowed to play a role so they used white male with charcoal and show shine
Fun fact they were some black actor that did black face as a kind of protestation IIRC