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... In fact, popular culture has played a vital role in determining the attitudes of the majority of our society for a very long time. ... In order for African Americans to participate in this world of entertainment, they had to figuratively and some times literally come in through the back door. The back door only allowed African Americans to play roles that were demeaning to their race. ... The debate of whether these African American artists were right or wrong for accepting such roles continues today. The debate of whether African Americans are presently repeating and reviving the minstrel tradition is the topic of discussion today amongst many contemporary scholars. ... in his book Rasing Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop makes the argument that in all forms of African American music since the late nineteenth century includes on some level aspects of early black minstrelsy. While others in academia share the same opinions as Lhamon, there are those in academia who praise black minstrelsy for exposing America to African American performers, which eventually allowed African Americans to take the stage to perform and create so many other genres of music and performance.
Approximate Word count = 792
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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