[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":30},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-the-faces-of-racism":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":14,"excerpt":20,"content":21,"transcript":22,"transcript_file":23,"audio":24,"resources":28,"segments":29},225,"the-faces-of-racism","The Faces of Racism","A History of Blackface and Minstrelsy in American Culture",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1549629631,"02.08.19","Feb 8, 2019","February 8, 2019",[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-faces-of-racism\u002Fwebsite-PrimroseAndWest.jpg","\"Primrose & West's Big Minstrels\" circa 1896. Source: Library of Congress",{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-faces-of-racism\u002Fsquare_small\u002Fwebsite-PrimroseAndWest.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-faces-of-racism\u002Fsquare_medium\u002Fwebsite-PrimroseAndWest.jpg","On this episode of BackStory, Nathan talks with historian Rhae Lynn Barnes about the long and disturbing history of blackface minstrelsy.","\u003Cp>Nathan talks with historian \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhistory.princeton.edu\u002Fpeople\u002Frhae-lynn-barnes\">Rhae Lynn Barnes\u003C\u002Fa> about Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 yearbook page and its link to a long and disturbing history of blackface minstrelsy. They discuss how white civic organizations used minstrel shows for fundraising, why the era known as Jim Crow is named after a minstrel character, and what must happen to prevent people from donning blackface going forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SOME LANGUAGE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT FIND OFFENSIVE.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Music in this episode:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.loc.gov\u002Fitem\u002Fihas.200035749\u002F\">Oh! Susanna by Criterion Quartet\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.audioblocks.com\u002Fstock-audio\u002Fbespoke-150126.html\">Bespoke by Todd Gauthreaux\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.backstoryradio.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F13\u002F2019\u002F02\u002FKellogg102116-825x550.jpg\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-faces-of-racism\u002Finline\u002FKellogg102116-825x550-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A text based logo for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cfigcaption>Funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation is helping Virginia Humanities and BackStory, change the narrative of race and representation.\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Fthe-faces-of-racism\u002Ftranscript\u002FBLACKFACE_Master-1.pdf",{"url":25,"duration":26,"formatted_duration":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fthe-faces-of-racism.mp3","2118","00:35:18",[],[],1790963925700]