Note: At 3:11 I say Uncle Tom's Cabin was an "Anti-abolitionist tale" I believe I misspoke. The book was an abolitionist tale meaning it was anti-slavery. Those who were against slavery were known as abolitionists, and those who were pro-slavery were anti-abolitionists.

It really is surreal to see those Uncle Tom cartoons. They're clearly showing the slaveowners as evil, but the positive characters are still so.... yeah. On the other hand, it's eerie that when those cartoons were made, there were still people around who had been alive during slavery. It was still a fresh memory. It makes the disturbing depictions even more unsettling.

@uniquenewyork3325

7 ай бұрын

Even in vintage media that acknowledges the evils of slavery they'll add small details like making the black characters loyal and subservient like a good 'pet'. It all makes me sick.

@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024

7 ай бұрын

That’s because the pro “anti-slavery” white people still didn’t like BLK Ppl. They never did and never will.

EXCELLENT 🎥🎬👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿I will be showing this to my students in my class AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT!!!

@Yes-qj4bi

7 ай бұрын

That's a cool sounding class

@VanquishMediaDE

6 ай бұрын

Do a presentation about how African American entertainment influenced the 90s EDM dance music in Europe. Most of the black "European" musicians in the European EDM music scene were actually black Americans.

@Toohot2handle758

6 күн бұрын

Your class should not exist ❤❤❤

Another stereotype that must be addressed is the white savior. Eva from Uncle Tom's cabin was an early example of a white savior. The white savior is always a very good white person that helps black people or rescues black people but he or usually she is always depicted as intellectually and morally superior to the blacks she helps. Like she'll teach a class of impoverished black students from the ghetto or she'll take a poor black orphan into her home off the street but the white person is always praised as the hero. What we need are more depictions of blacks and whites working together side by side as equals.

@Kakorot77

6 ай бұрын

TV shows like Diff'rent Strokes and Webster were perfect examples of that.

"Be as black as you can be." And that is why I can't stand modern Hollywood's pandering because I just know that director thought they were fostering inclusion and diversity™ in their flick. I hate how "black" is synonymous with acting rather outlandish, uneducated, and crass. I've gotten the same criticisms from all sides of the race spectrum, I've had non-black people say I don't act black and I've had black people joke that I'm the whitest black guy they know because I don't like stereotypically black things. I'm sorry, I did not realize being black was a monolith including personality; I thought it was just determined by the melanin in my skin, facial features, and other superficial details.

@kudjoeadkins-battle2502

7 ай бұрын

No, we’re also a culture.

@CeraWorld

7 ай бұрын

Well, if you expect anything to change, stop consuming media where black people willingly participate in acting like a fool just for the sake of a bag. Stop consuming and hyping rap music that portrays black men and women to be promiscuous, aggressive, gang banging and all the rest. I don’t watch anything produced by Tyler perry, or listen to rap music because those portrayals are destructive. Yet black people hype that shit up the most.

@CeraWorld

7 ай бұрын

How do you define pandering? Give some examples. When I read black people saying this I just think they drank the koolaid of white people upset that a black person happens to be in their film. Interestingly enough you never see this thought towards Asians. (East Asian to be specific. When they see dark skin they immediately think BLACKK!!!) Only when a black person is portrayed. I hope you aren’t falling for exactly what they want you to and that is to not be portrayed at all in their or any modern mainstream media. They want you to stay in the rap music, shitty Tyler perry movies, movies about dramas relating to struggle etc. America is diverse. A bad character who happens to be black is just that. It wasn’t “pandering” or “fostering inclusion” sorry but that’s that’s exactly the kinda shit racist talk points people say when they don’t want you nor your people on their screen. Everything is “pandering” “diversity quota” etc. People said all this shit about Wakanda in the beginning too. Black people get this shit too even in the work place despite wording just as hard as they did to be where they are. I’m just saying. How do you define these things that were solely created by the upset of you reaching the same level that they did? I’m just curious

@assassin8636

7 ай бұрын

So what's your point here?

@CeraWorld

7 ай бұрын

@@assassin8636 I’m wondering as well. Only racists align with that “black is x bad thing” mindset. They seem to have consumed that mindset too. Because they are upset that their black identity was questioned. They let other people define their blackness. “Black” is not synonymous with anything that they said outside of racist circles and self hating black people.

Some years back, my mom was watching the AMC channel (I think it was that channel) really late at night and they were playing "The Birth of a Nation". I'd always heard of how bad it was as far as the racism in it, so I watched it... When I tell you that I felt humiliated, devastated, and hurt... I cried watching that movie. It was the same when she was watching "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and I watched it I just cried. It's also the same when I see those old Westerns on TV with the "injuns". My family, as well as being black, is also Native American (Alabama Muscogee/Creek on my mom's side and Blackfeet on my dad's). So, I get pretty well pissed when I watch those movies and see them depicted as "savages". Seeing black people today in roles of doctors, lawyers, authors, business people... something other than criminals, drug pushers, and others used to further perpetuate that black people are "bad", is refreshing. Unfortunately, we still have a long way to go before we're taken seriously.

@uniquenewyork3325

7 ай бұрын

It's horrible how we have to prove ourselves after having these caricatures forced on us. No matter what we do it seems like there's a caricature for our good or bad habits. I even carry it with me when I care for my nieces, I can't let them look 'pickaninny' despite the fact that their hair will naturally stand sometimes and they prefer not to wear shoes outside.

@granda3649

7 ай бұрын

@@uniquenewyork3325 Are you upset when BLM riots and destroys cities when genuine criminals are treated as such? Do you wonder what that makes other races think of us?

@williecrooks3636

7 ай бұрын

You notice every time someone white plays a native American they always blacken their faces

@GyattsumakiOPM

6 ай бұрын

​@@williecrooks3636in the future they'll probably use CGI.

@maximusprime3459

6 ай бұрын

TCM plays Birth of a Nation exclusively, not AMC.

Appreciate this video. It’s so important to recognize how the way Black people are portrayed, even when led by Black directors still is largely shaped by the whims and comfort of a white gaze.

@miraclelove9388

6 ай бұрын

Tyler perry

@Xannyphantom905

6 ай бұрын

Even Japan portrays black people wrong but some of these kids like watching that bs.

@GoblinFromOblivion

6 ай бұрын

@@Xannyphantom905 Don’t show this mf the og Dragonball. Lmao

@neb.9489

6 ай бұрын

*cough cough* Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy, and Chris Rock, though most of these also portray colorist ideals as well

@user-bi2by7rf8m

Ай бұрын

So true. Even bill cosby cartoons have black people with oversized clown lips.

I vividly remember every single history teacher I had always saying “We just don’t know where the name Jim Crow came from.” Seriously?! Once I learned the origin it seemed so obvious; why were we not taught it?!

@kudjoeadkins-battle2502

7 ай бұрын

Wow you had a terrible teacher.

Interesting video! Particular the first section, the stereotypes that came from Uncle Toms cabin are fairly well known in pop culture but hearing about the origins of them was very eye opening and engaging. Keep doing what you’re doing, this is great stuff. You’ve got yourself a new fan from Australia 😁

@fromPentoPost

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I agree there are so many stereotypes I knew of but didn't realize had origins in this book!

@childofcascadia

5 күн бұрын

Thats crazy. I only knew the stereotypes. I never read the book. I didnt know it was written by the abolitionists and Tom was a sympathetic character who was middle age strong and honorable and would let himself get beat so other people could flee. I only knew the term being an old Black guy who did whatever the enslavers wanted and didnt help other enslaved people. I thought the book existed to show that enslaved people liked being enslaved and were "better off" that way. Which is why I never read it. I guess it goes to show how the racists and enslavers ruin everything they touch. Now I want to read the actual book and see whats really in it.

I'm old enough to remember those Tom and Jerry cartoons when they aired the reruns on my local station back in the 80's. The stereotypical Blak Maid would crack me up when she would attempt to spell. "O-W-T, Out!" I knew at 6 or 7 years old that was just problematic. I'm glad that when the 90's came along they removed those cartoons out of circulation.

@Moondramon

7 ай бұрын

Maybe it's the mandela effect, but I'm almost certain I've seen that episode in the late 90s or early 2000s... or I'm just or I'm confusing another appearance of that lady.

@Supremmo

7 ай бұрын

@@Moondramon There were some that were still floating around at that time. In my area they were phased out.

@Moondramon

7 ай бұрын

@@Supremmo Probably, but for added context I wasn't even 10 in 2000. So I'm might very well just be confused. I just know I've seen the lady... I didn't even realized she was a maid until I saw your comment.

@1_star_reviews

7 ай бұрын

You can still watch those same ones all over KZread.

@Kmanh-xf2jq

6 ай бұрын

Lol they showed those up to the mid 2000s

This is an incredibly well written and researched video! It's very informative for a lot of important reasons, but also I had NO IDEA that Tom and Jerry were originally human!!

@wallylimwicks4534

7 ай бұрын

To be fair, the human Tom and Jerry have nothing to do with the cat and mouse duo, they had different creators and different studios producing them, they only share a similarly in the name. But ya her point still stands both shows had some racist shit

I’ve noticed a lot of black reaction channels have turned into modern day minstrel shows.

Great job! You forgot the "The Magical Negro" stereotype. "The Magical Negro" especially in movies like "The Green Mile", Morgan Freeman in "Bruce Almighty" Will Smith in "Hitch"… and many more are common .

You forgot to mention the episode of Southpark where they change their original flag (2 white men hanging a black man) to a more modern sensible flag (A white man and a black man hanging a white man) and how it satirizes modern media’s new depiction of racial roles, both black and white.

I'm glad that you're pointing out the modern ones. It's a huge issue.

Wonderful and so informative. Nice to see real Black history being taught since we can't get it in schools. Keep up the good work you have a new subscriber!

thank you so much for making this video, i learned a lot. i dont usually leave comments, but ik they help boost videos in the algorithm, and more people should see this!

I knew to an extent about "the films Disney doesn't want you to watch," (ex. Song of the South) but seeing Blackface Mickey doing parodies of Uncle Tom was like a truck to the face.

@starcloud8411

6 ай бұрын

I was so sad seeing goofy with the cardboard cut outs . He's one of my favorites

FD has Again brought me to a super-talented person! Great video and looking forward to seeing more!

It's difficult to put into words how deep blackface really is, but you put it in summary nicely. I've heard people say 'blackwashing' (a white supremacist term) is just as bad as if they could be compared.

@sekaiyoru01

7 ай бұрын

Oh wow well by that logic, I can say that whitewashing is a black supremacist term, but no, that doesn't count for some reason lol

@cubonefan3

7 ай бұрын

I don’t think “blackwashing” is a white supremacist term. It’s a descriptive term just like “whitewashing” is.

@zacharyriley4561

6 ай бұрын

Blackwashing is when you make a white character black because you don’t want to make an original character. It’s nowhere near as prevalent as whitewashing.

@Falapin_Enjoyer

6 ай бұрын

@@cubonefan3 black washing isnt a real word. Its a term that was made by butthurt racist

I would like to offer some formatting notes if that's ok: this is my first time watching a video of yours and it seems really well researched. I listened to the whole thing and it maybe could have been broken up into two videos. Obviously, your analysis is the best and most valuable part to any viewer/listener but I feel like that was mostly lost in the documentarian early middle toward the end of the video. Then also, the video could maybe use an end card to allow the viewer to process for a second, click back onto the video and subscribe if they would like to. When I was listening, the next video just started after and it was a little jarring.

@fromPentoPost

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate the feedback, I was really consumed by the research aspect when developing this video. I think the storytelling process is the hardest part for me sometimes but it's something I want to focus more on in future vids. I like the ideas about the end cards and allowing the viewer to process. Thank you!

@ronaldbass2402

7 ай бұрын

You have done 👍 jobs on Black Americans history

Damn …a educational video about black face is how I learned there was an original “Tom & Jerry” before Tom & Jerry.

If you pause a certain episode of Tom and Jerry you are able to see her face with big red lips.

A fantastic video. Going to share this around to a number of folks that I think would benefit from seeing it. Thank you kindly, neighbor.

Double negative there! Uncle Tom was an anti-slavery novel or an abolitionist novel. It wasn't anti-abolitionist. An anti-abolitionist or more properly anti-emancipation and anti- reconstruction novel would be the Clansman by Thomas Dixon Jr- the inspiration for the film Birth of a Nation!

@fromPentoPost

7 ай бұрын

That is a great catch, I think I misspoke. Uncle Tom's Cabin was an abolitionist tale, however, it did also inspire many racist caricatures of Black people due to how many of the characters were depicted.

@adrianpetyt9167

7 ай бұрын

@@fromPentoPost Well, being a grammar fascist is kind of my job, seeing as I'm an English teacher. If you'll excuse an ageing white man weighing in on this video, I have a few anecdotes from my home country, the UK. One of our best loved children's authors was Enid Blyton, a lot of her books are still read today, but the ones featuring golliwogs, grotesque blackface rag dolls, have mostly been altered for modern times. When I was at primary school in the 1970s however, our teacher saw fit to read to us from Blyton's book The Three Golliwogs which features three characters called 'Golly, Woggy and N*gger' and mostly revolves around the joke that they all look the same to the (white) people of the English village where they live. We could be charitable and say that in 1944, Enid Blyton might not have known any better, but a teacher responsible for a roomful of seven-year-olds in the 70s? She should have! Mind you, the 70s were a weird time when it comes to casual public racism in the UK. There was still a minstrel show broadcast on national television! A sitcom about the conflict between a bigoted white guy and his black neighbour, called Love Thy Neighbour was on TV then, too. It was sort-of progressive for its time, but seems very heav-handed and cringe-making to most modern audiences. In one episode, Eddie (the white guy) tries to prove to Bill (the neighbour) that race discrimination is no longer an issue by blacking up to see if he will be treated differently, and is mistaken for a minstrel performer! I attach a link, if you feel up to viewing some very dated comedy: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWxo0tiyj83AaNo.html

I'm writing a paper on representation of Black people in media in the 19th century vs modern-day media and this was so informative, interesting, and helpful. Great video!

@fromPentoPost

6 ай бұрын

I love that! Please check out some of the resources I linked in the description!

This was so informative!! I appreciate all of the time and research here, great video ❤

Well done, ma'am. Informative and nicely put together. We need more vids like this on KZread.

The research you put into this is incredible. Thank you for educating

What a great video!! The caricatures were explored so thoroughly, I loved it

Amazing video, well spoken and very well researched. Handled this topic with alot of grace and elegance. Once again amazing and important video

This is very good! This could easily be used in middle schools imo

Excellent research and thanks for the “Uncle Toms Cabin” breakdown since I’ve never read the book before. Keep up the quality work and you will go far.

I’m a naturalized American. Came here when I was 4. Although I wasn’t born here I basically am from here. Like most nonblack Americans I have had to grow up being forced to fed an image of black people that I have had to intentionally reverse and unlearn. It’s one of the few things I resent about the US. I want no part in this racism shit but I had to accept that society enabled me to indulge in hurtful views. Thank you for educating me. Thanks for doing this.

Excellent video. Very insightful and informative

Excellent, and enlightening. Am sharing. Thank you.

I echoed many sentiments expressed here in saying this is a brilliant, excellent presentation! It's so well researched and presented, that as a teacher, I will consider sharing it for edification. Thank you so much. Subscribed! 💖

Thank you so much for your video!! I just got this on my algorithm this morning and I’ve been watching your videos since!! I love the amount of research you’ve put into this video!!! As someone who graduated w a Black History degree it feels so validating to see more videos like this!

Fantastic video. I'd heard a lot of bits and pieces about the history of minstrel shows and blackface on the whole, as well as the overall tropes perpetuated by them, but never in such detail. Most videos/articles you find on the topic are a lot less thorough, so I appreciated the depth with which you discussed the topic. It's genuinely insane to me how recently some shows have done blackface bits. It's just another reminder that all of this history is much more recent than many people (especially white people) would like to admit.

When I’ve used the calling someone an Uncle Tom I’ve always associated it to don’t be the white person trying to explain to black people what it was like to be/go through slavery. As well as parts of your interpretation like don’t be a sellout as well. Awesome discussion.

@christiansamaroo

7 ай бұрын

Black people could falsify the history of slavery all they want. 42% of Africa is Islam. Do European purchase those slaves. It’s only in America Black people adopted white people culture and started falsifying the history of slavery. Slavery has nothing to do with race it’s about vulnerability.

Very Informative. This video has connected so many layers of pop culture and the usual off putting feeling I get from modern entertainment today. Thank you.

Oh wow, you’ve really done your research! I thoroughly enjoyed and I’m going to share it

Sooo... How can 46K people have watched, and only 1K subscribers ? Omg, just click the button you guys, it's not an overwhelming commitment !

@fromPentoPost

7 ай бұрын

Haha thanks for encouraging people!

Thank you for making this video it's so informative ❤

Great, well-researched video. Thank you. I'm subscribing.

I'm so glad I found your channel! I've subbed and am looking forward to more videos!

In defence to south park : the show uses dark humor , is made to be controversial. If you don't like dark humor that's ok

@IT-qb7dw

Күн бұрын

Its toilet humour

Amazing work, hoping for more success!

This was rlly interesting, thx for educating us abt a topic, and people group ik know nothing abt ❤

Great video! I was sure it was a big channel because of the quality, giving you a sub to get there quicker :) I'm from Poland so I learned what the blackface was only when it started beeing talked about a few years back on examples of youtubers like Shane Dawson. After your video I can grasp the scale of the problem more easily, thank you for educating me. I had no idea that it was such a common thing in US media of 30s and 40s, it's quite shocking. Also all of those Black people stereotypes in media - even as person not born or raised in US culture I can easily see what's wrong with them, so if someone from US says they don't - bullsh*t. They have to know, it's so obvious! They just choose not to see anything wrong, probably mostly because they are not the ones being laughed at. Or because they simply agree with the stereotype. Anyway, I can't wait to see more of your videos, cheers!

Excellent commentary. I'm subscribing👍

Commenting for the algorithm. This video was very high quality and well researched.

Great video. Wonderful commentary

Very good. Thank you ❤

I'm Dutch and very glad to have found your video! Its extremely well done and educational. Sinterklaas holds a warm place in my childhood; the blackface depictions in the shows and movies surrounding the holiday will not be missed however.

I did not want to watch this because I’ve seen a few of these now, and knew what the content was going to be. However - this video is fffffff conclusive. Great job 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

really glad this came up on my feed, i immediately marked it to watch. this was really informational for me even after thinking i knew most of what there was to know about racist stereotypes in media. thank you so much for sharing.

This was super well researched and very interesting. Hope you get way more popular soon, you deserve it!!

cant wait to see more of this channel

This world has so much hate and ignorance to overcome

Great video! Subscribed! ❤❤

I loved your research and opening my eyes to the evolution of these various cartoon corporations.

Woah awesome Video! Hope this channel gets the recognition it deserves soon!

Wonderfully made video. Seeing this imagery always makes my stomach turn.

@michaelsaunders1509

6 ай бұрын

BLACK LlKE ME was a book , l ater a film made during the Civil Rights movement. The book or movie was about a white man who dyed his skin black and visited the Jim Crow south and encountered all sorts of discrimination. He black -faced not to insult Black people but to do research to write his book. I read the book and watched the film for curious reasons. I was eleven at the time.

@shiivainu9442

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelsaunders1509 that sounds crazy. I wonder if he even truly was black-passing cus every time I’ve seen someone do black face it looks awful even when it’s not intended to look bad/low effort.

Keep up d good work.... Keep educating our people, even when dey to stubborn to c it....

I had heard people talk about the association between old cartoons character design and similarities to blackface in them , but I did not know that the real old Disney cartoons straight up had minstrel show-episodes. Now I've certainly learned...

EXCELLENT!, THANKS FOR SHARING.

Well done sis👍🏽❤️

Well done documentary 👏🏽

Amazing video! ❤

Now this is just a comment on our small town library. About a year ago I was trying to research the reconstruction period of American history. Our library has NOTHING on reconstruction and neither do any of the lending libraries around us. I live in a small town. But the Civil War period is so much a part of American history -- how can a library have nothing on this yime period? I was surprised and frustrated at the same time. I have heard of Jim Crow laws my whole life but never knew anything about them and then find our library has literally NOTHING. So frustrating. Does anyone know if libraries in other areas have this problem? Or not?

Woah I've watched your whole video thinking it was from a big account 😮 Great video ! I'm sure you're gonna go far !

As a guy who grew up in the 90s i too had these same thoughts as i got older.

Excellent job 👍

Great video. Your voice is incredibly important.

You are phenomenal!!

Great video, very informative

Subscribed! This needs an FD boost!

Love your channel. ❤❤❤❤

I think it’s interesting how we as a society do not talk about this era of life. How these movies have super fans that collect artifacts about these times. It’s disgusting how we just let Disney get away with this. Funny how they kind of just archived their most racist era and just act like it didn’t happen. Hollywood is the most important vessel of white supremacy. These indoctrinating films and books were created, celebrated, and made popular by white people. White people who have children and grandchildren still alive today. We don’t hold people accountable enough. There were plenty of people who were against this bull back in the day just like there are now. Like an entire generation of people grew up watching this as entertainment but now people want to deny racism because it’s not as blatantly depicted like how it used to be.

Excellent! I have liked and subscribed.

Beautiful job on telling TRUE history. Thank you 🙏🏽

Excellent vid!

In one of his episodes in the early 1980's, I remember seeing Benny Hill portrayed a character in blackface. His character was supposed to be a heavy black woman singing. That was dreadful.

You should also add that there was in England they had a television show in the 60s until it's cancellation the mid 70s called "Black and White Minstrel Show" on BBC which can be seen on KZread.

Thank you for this.

Well made video.

In defense of Mad Men, you're supposed to be uncomfortable at the blackface. It is portrayed as cringe and a commentary on what a wealthy white person could (and still) get away with without being called out on it.

@58thedrive30

6 ай бұрын

nope i love black face because it makes me laugh

@zacharyriley4561

6 ай бұрын

What about the Office? The joke showed it was wrong.

@58thedrive30

6 ай бұрын

@@zacharyriley4561 Nah It's funny.

@zacharyriley4561

6 ай бұрын

@@58thedrive30 I really don’t see how Blackface by itself is funny. It’s just makeup that’s extremely racist.

@58thedrive30

6 ай бұрын

@@zacharyriley4561 No It's Not It's being creative

Great research. In the 20th Century cartoon segment, the Black, lazy towns people people and the appearance of the lighter skinned woman seems to be a ref to the film 'Pinky'. Pinky is a light skinned Black woman who has been "passing" for white. After being away, she comes back to her small town of poor Black people to live with her mom. Mom is a large Black woman who boils and washes laundry for white people, using a huge aluminum wash tub. The film is FULL of stereotypes.

You forgot a few, Clarence Thomas, Van Jones, Larry Elder, Herman Cain, Alan Keyes, and Ben Carson

@dolomitefan1767

6 ай бұрын

What about hip hop artists who promote drugs, liquor, murder, misogyny/ misandry and hedonism?

Sister THANK YOU FOR THIS BLESSINGS AND PRAISE ALWAYS

Excellent and succinct.

27:43 underrated bar

Hang in there my queen, I like your content. Give them “unapologetic facts!”

@fromPentoPost

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate it!

What amazes me is when ppl talk about these things and ppl say it’s been perpetuated still to this day then those ppl talking have a victim mentality it’s mind blowing.

Reading the comments… Denial comes in many forms, and proof, America is asleep 😴

I grew up with Mammy Two Shoes!! And I grew up in the 80s.

I’m predicting that this video will get you monetized! Great video

Re: willa wonky book. That's trippy! When I was in middle school, I read the original version and was blown away by that origin story of the oompa loompas! 😱 I guess my school library had an older version. 🤨 Re: jazz music. This makes me reevaluate Donkey Kong Country. 😢 Thanks for this informative overview! 🤖🖤

The craziest thing about this is that ALL OF THESE CARTOONS are still up on KZread Kids!!! It’s understandable to be on KZread as an archive, but it is VERY VERY unsafe for children and should be age restricted at the very least. Please help make KZread aware of this!!!