Dark Side of Hollywood | Racism In Early Cinema Part 2
Channel: EVERYTHING Black American
Date: 2024-01-18

In its title sequences, the Keystone Comedy Studio referred to its films as a “farce comedy.” Farces are supposed to evoke laughter. Yet, from the very first images projected, dark racist images were prevalent and these representations contain violent imagery directed toward African American men, women and children.

"Colored people are funny. If colored people weren’t funny, there would be no plantation melodies, no banjoes, no cake walk, no buck and wing dance, no minstrel show and no black-face vaudeville." 
                                                  -Moving Picture World

In this vid you’re going to find out about the dark demeaning side of old Hollywood with it came to Black Americans. And how the silver screen was used to intentionally stigmatize this called BA in a way that no other group has ever endured or seen before. Oh yea, wanna know where the root of black people been portrayed as beastly voracious watermelon eaters derived from? Stick around and I’ll tell you find out in this vid. 


Link to article: https://cesj.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/The%20dark%20side%20of%20the%20farce%20racism%20in%20early%20cinema%201894%201915.pdf

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