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Fain, K. K. (2015) Black Hollywood: From butlers to Superheroes, the changing role of African American men in the movies. United States: Praeger Publishers.
* The writer Ralph Ellison speaks of the "darky" entertainer as a derivative of American folklore, not representative of the African American tradition. Although there is a mimicry of black culture, Ellison asserts that the darky entertainer is white because the art form is popular among whites, not blacks." - (Page 3)
* "Both whites and blacks performed in blackface for economic gain. Their motives behind the art form differed in terms of available opportunities to perform. Nevertheless, Ellison stated that the racial identity of the performer did not make a difference. The practice had a malignant effect on black either way because "it's function was to veil the humanity of the Negroes... and to repress the white audience's awareness of its moral identification with its own acts" As a result, Ellison viewed blackface performance as evidence of the continued degradation of the black culture in America." - (Page 3)