Ethnic notions / produced, written and directed by Marlon Riggs in association with KQED.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Riggs, Marlon T., producer, author, director.

Rolle, Esther, narrator.

California Newsreel (Firm), distributor.

KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), producer.

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons.

African Americans.

Ethnic attitudes--United States.

Ethnic attitudes.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Social aspects.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Caricatures and cartoons.

United States.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Social aspects--United States.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Other Title:

Subtitle on container: Black people in white minds.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1994]

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Examines specific stereotypes in detail: loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful mammies, grinning coons, savage brutes, and wide-eyed pickaninnies to trace the deeply-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice throughout American history. The documentary interweaves minstrel shows, greeting cards, advertisements, popular songs, cartoons, films and household artifacts showing caricatured blacks with wooly hair, swollen lips, and bulging eyes, shuffling, dancing and attending to whites with grateful servility. Links each stereotype to the dominant white society's shifting needs to justify black oppression.

Credits:

Editor, Deborah Hoffmann ; videographer, Calvin Roberts ; narrator, Esther Rolle ; music, Mary Watkins.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

OCLC:

43044043