Competence Paper: Racial Stereotypes In The Minstrel Era

Competence Paper: Racial Stereotypes in the Minstrel EraName:Institution Affiliation:Date:Racial StereotypesThe minstrel Era played a significant role in popularizing racist images and perceptions around the world concerning the black people. The mimicking of African-American way of life and transforming it into entertainment for white people, was the biggest racial entertainment that America ever developed. The cues of hostility, ignorance, and prejudice were closely associated with black race and sold widely as the true image of black people. The fact that the black race was reduced to stereotyped form of entertainment for the white people demonstrated how the white race devalued the life of a black person. The white race loved at their ignorance, lack of civilization, and arrogance that the era bestowed on the black race. This paper examines the stereotypes of the minstrel era towards the black race.In the film, “Birth of a Nation” the black man has been portrayed as a sexual predator who lacks self-control, and common sense. The film shows that black men were deeply involved with carnal activities and there was nothing noble that they could do apart from chasing white men and