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Thread #117716 Message #2546185
Posted By: Les in Chorlton
22-Jan-09 - 12:40 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Blacking up for morris - origin?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Blacking up for morris - origin?
Fair enough Howard but one ugly little fact is the contribution from "Blackface Minstrelsy" to many forms of popular culture, including Morris.
"Blackface Minstrelsy" was not some innocent art form, it was racist.