Consumption Junction

Why do many successful black male entertainers end up in dresses? Philly native Tyree Hudson joins the podcast to examine modern-day coonery and buffoonery in American entertainment, while also highlighting examples of black excellence in the media. Since the inception of visual American media, blacks have been primarily typecast as Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, Bucks, Jezebels, Sapphires, etc. "Before its death, the coon developed into the most blatantly degrading of all black stereotypes. The pure coons emerged as no-account niggers, those unreliable, crazy, lazy, subhuman creatures good for nothing more than eating watermelons, stealing chickens, shooting crap, or butchering the English language." - cinema historian David Bogle, from his book "Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films." Follow Tyree on Twitter: @tyreehudson