An MSNBC guest-host turned heads on Sunday when she labeled the Republican National Convention, which featured several Black speakers, a “modern-day minstrel show.” Subbing in for Joy Reid on her ...

Sir Lenny Henry has said he needed therapy after appearing on The Black and White Minstrel Show. The comedian admitted he “didn’t realise” what he was doing when he became the first black performer to ...

The sight of middle-class South Bay suburbanites donning blackface makeup in order to play roles in minstrel shows at the local high school auditorium benefit show is wildly inappropriate by modern ...

"So now any black person's photo on a box is racism? Give me a break." That message was one of many that crossed my screen after sharing a story I had written about Aunt Jemima and other brands ...

POV: Your friend said something in the group chat that you think is hilarious. In response, you send a quick reaction GIF, since GIFs encompass your feelings better than any text could (especially ...

I see ABB Records has decided to put up a repress of The Minstrel Show on vinyl instead of answering for 16 years of non payment on TMS or answering for 18 years of non payment for The Listening.

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One year after The Minstrel Show, what’s next for the Hall of Justus? For our Oct. 5, 2005 issue, Grayson Currin joined Little Brother and their Hall of Justus entourage–L.E.G.A.C.Y., The Away Team, ...

Spike Lee is at it again. Next week his 11th and possibly most controversial movie, "Bamboozled," will open to audiences across the country, and tongues are already wagging. An advertisement for the ...

Artist: Little BrotherTitle: The Minstrel ShowRating: 5 StarsReviewed by: Martin A. Berrios Up until recently, the sky blue Tarheel colors and Petey Pablo seemed to be the only reasons Hip-Hop checked ...

Trend piece alert: yesterday’s Baltimore Sun featured a piece by Rashod D. Ollison on the supposed rise of “minstrel rap.” The article is a loose rewrite of a month-old article in the New York Daily ...