What Gets Told
This is Love
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Minstrel Shows Grew Out of Ridicule of Black People
Reese Witherspoon's mother was offended by a minstrel show at her son's school. When she confronted the principal, he said they were not making fun of black people but just showing them as happy and go lucky. She stood in the audience that night and made him put on the show. "I know that it's too late for me to do anything about this"
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