It is very interesting to how much influence minstrelsy had on american music and culture. Products like aunt Jemima i've seen my whole life and never really thought about were it came from. The disney movies that had minstrelsy references, like in dumbo, were also very shocking. I also never realized modern hip hop dances were influenced so heavily by minstrelsy. Its a shame, the old black and white footage of the trip hop dance, or whatever it was, was amazing. I wish i could dance like that.
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