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History 111

Fall 2019

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Material culture

Material culture

by Leslie Madsen · Oct 17, 2019

A small pewter teapot seen from the side
An early nineteenth-century device used to copy letters

Racist stereotypes

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

Content note: The image galleries below contain racist depictions of African Americans. You may find them deeply disturbing or upsetting.

  • Coon stereotype gallery
  • Golliwog stereotype gallery
  • Picaninny stereotype gallery
  • Mammy stereotype gallery
  • Jezebel stereotype gallery
  • Brute stereotype gallery
  • Tom stereotype gallery
  • N*gger and caricature gallery
  • Sapphire caricature

“Post Falls Company Under Fire for Racist Stereotypes”

Unflattering cartoon by Mark Knight of Serena Williams stomping on her tennis racket
Cartoon by Mark Knight, 2018

Additional resources

Jules Prown’s method of material culture analysis

Virtual tour of Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

David Pilgrim, “Why I Collect Racist Objects”

Brooke Newman, “The long history behind the racist attacks on Serena Williams”

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