A minstrel was a Middle Ages European bard who performed songs whose lyrics told stories about distant places or about real or imaginary historical events.... s.
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Blackface
'Blackface', in the narrow sense is a style of theatre makeup that originated in the United States, used to take on the appearance of certain archetypes of Racism in the United States, especially those of the "happy-go-lucky List of ethnic slurs#D on the plantation#Slavery, para-slavery and plantations" or the "dandy List of ethnic slur... minstrel show
Minstrel show
The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an United States entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety show acts, dance, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the American Civil War, blacks in blackface.... .
