In the same way that there were stage Irish and Jewish performers who performed a parody of their nationality, there were black performers who had elements of playing what they thought a white audience would think of as stereotypical black behaviour. Some of them were very talented and some of their songs were very interesting. There is now a small number of black performers, notably the Carolina Chocolate Drops who have shown an interest in this 'black hokum' and have looked beyond the hideous racist implications to find some fine performers and material and have carefully selected the best of it to form part of their repertoire.