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Posts Tagged ‘Myth of the Black Mammy’

Tyler Perry and Chris Brown: A Teachable Moment

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Earlier this week I was sitting in on a class about the Myth of the Black Mammy. Tyler Perry and the fact that his films are popular withwhite crowds and Black crowds alike came up. I mentionedthat Black comedians have a history of dressing up likeBlack women begining with Red Fox and Flip Wilson.I went [...]