A review by revslick
Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop by Mel Watkins, Yuval Taylor, Jake Austen

3.0

interesting read on the past and present application of black minstrel characterization as well as which ones were inherently racist and what was not. To me it is very intriguing the dynamics surrounding comedy turning from discomfortable performance to blatant racist, which is both subtle and shocking. I'd be interesting to dialogue book club fashion around this book with those that are nonwhite.