⭐Stock Characters (Bogle)

Question 1

Stigmas and Stereotypes lead to…

Answer 1

The creation of stock characters

Question 2

Stock Characters

Answer 2

Offensive characters that showcased a dehumaizing portrayal of African Americans through blackface as lazy, ugly, hypersexual, aggressive etc.

Question 3

Uncle Tom

Answer 3

A black man loyal to his “master”, subservient to white people at the expense of his own people.

Question 4

Coon

Answer 4

A comic foolish character meant to display foolishness, incompetence, unintelligence and laziness

Question 5

Zipcoon

Answer 5

Intended to be belittled and mocked, recently imanticipated who dresses nice while being unintelligent

Question 6

Brute

Answer 6

Hypersexual black men who idolize white women

Question 7

Mammy

Answer 7

Large desexualized black woman, a mother-like figure often caring for white children while neglecting her own

Question 8

Jezebel

Answer 8

A hypersexual black woman, used to rationalize the sexual violence committed against black women “always wanting sex”

Question 9

Tragic Mulatto

Answer 9

A mixed raced character depicted as doomed, unable to cope with her black heritage

Question 10

Picaninny

Answer 10

A caricature of black children with wild, untamed hair

Question 11

Drapetomania

Answer 11

“mental health” condition due to attempting to escape slavery

Question 12

Stock characters connection to pop culture

Answer 12

Makes stock characters normal

Question 13

Birth of a Nation

Answer 13

The Birth of a Nation (1915) glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and portrays Black people as violent or inferior. It spreads racist stereotypes and helped revive the real KKK, making it one of the most racist films in U.S. history.

Question 14

Jim Crow

Answer 14

The first ever minstrel character, portrayed the African American man in black face, tattered clothes and portrayed as dumb and lazy

Question 15

Black face

Answer 15

A way to dehumanize and mimic the appearance and personality of African Americans. Commonly wore chalk black makeup, with bright red lipstick.

Question 16

Minstrel Shows

Answer 16

Began during racial slavery, where performers would wear black face, meant to portray African Americans as dumb, untrustworthy, lazy

Question 17

Black face industrial complex

Answer 17

Industry benefitting off the dehumanization of African Americans.

Question 18

Stock Characters reading

Answer 18

“Black Beginnings” written by Bogle

Question 19

What is ‘Negro inferiority’ according to Bogle?

Answer 19

Poking fun at African Americans through harmful stereotypes for the use of American entertainment.