5.2.1 Christian traditions: Sinterklaas.5.2.2 Christian traditions: Driekoningen.5.3.1 Justin Trudeau blackface controversy.5.21.3 The Black and White Minstrel Show.The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian costumeīlackface was a performance tradition in the American theater for roughly 100 years beginning around 1830. It was practised in Britain as well, surviving longer than in the U.S. The Black and White Minstrel Show on television lasted until 1978. In both the United States and Britain, blackface was most commonly used in the minstrel performance tradition, which it both predated and outlasted.
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