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050202 Cedric Robinson - Jim Crow and Jezebel Go To Hollywood

The power of cinema to shape public perception is as old motion pictures themselves. In the late 19th century, Jim Crow was the term for a system of laws and policies designed to maintain racial segregation. Jezebel was a featured character in Southern literature at that time, an irresistible black woman seducing white men. The silent films of the early 20th century offered a powerful new medium for re-enforcing these stereotypes. It was an inexpensive entertainment. Millions of new immigrants went to the movies and absorbed Hollywood's version of race in American history.

Cedric Robinson teaches political theory and black studies at the Univeristy of California at Santa Barbara. He hosts Third World Review on community radio station KCSB.


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