Minstrel Show. What is it? I have never heard of that show before. I scroll down to see what the article is about. Illustrations of black men. Possibly a white kid. And a dialogue at the very end. Fine, I cannot assume what Minstrel Show is about. Type google, type in Ministrel show. It says "did you mean Minstrel Show?" I click the blue correction. The first link says Wikipedia - Minstrel Show. No sh*t. And tadaaa!
Minstrel Show - an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the Civil War, black people in blackface. Minstrel shows lampooned black people as ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous, and musical
Ah okay. That makes sense now.
First of all, I would say I totally agree with Billy Coombs. I do also think that "Jim is meant to characterize many black people during the setting of Huck Finn." And besides his dialects are not shared with any white man in the story.
Second of all, "any distinctions between Jim and the white characters of the novel act to separate whites from blacks even more than slavery already does. Because Jim is so different than any other white character in the story, I do think his actions create a small stereotype of how any black man would act."
Third of all, I loved the video on Daniel Toro's link; the modernized explanation of Minstrel show + rap music by who-knows-and-who-cares.
And by the way, here is a random comic-of-the-day.
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