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Thread #151811 Message #3549164
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Aug-13 - 08:43 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Pickaninny in closet
Subject: RE: Folklore: Pickaninny in closet
During the Harlem Renaissance, there was a relationship of social standing and income to the shade of brown.
The lighter the color, the easier it was for a performer to get a job in the Cotton Club and the other venues in Harlem, which were well-attended by white New Yorkers, or to get a job in the City.
This color shade form of "racism" is well-known in Haiti and the Caribbean.