performer: i just wanna come up here and dedicate the skyride, the amos n andy skyride. tim reid: the original pilot for the show were done in blackface. and a sponsor said, i don t know if this is going to go over well. so they cast it with some very funny black comedians. andy: what do you think, lightning? lightning: this sure is a thin house. tim reid: it was at times hysterically funny. but the stereotypes, left a negative taste in a lot of our mouths bambi haggins: the central characters are all just different iterations of minstrel archetypes from minstrel shows where white men were putting on blackface. it s embracing this dehumanizing tradition of representation. bambi haggins: the naacp came out against amos and andy and it went off television.
white men were putting on blackface. it s embracing this dehumanizing tradition of representation. the naacp came out against amis and andy and it went off television. every time you see someone who makes the completely ill informed idea of using blackface as a costume, that was fermented with shows like amis and andy. oh, my lord. you realize this is incredibly offensive? yes. and you realize blackface makeup reignites stereo types african-americans have been working to overcome? the idea of people of color in front of and behind the scenes arel less palatable of those writing the checks. advertisers and input matters. nielsen wasn t counting black
it s embracing this dehumanizing tradition of representation. the naacp came out against amos & andy, and it went off television. every time you see someone who makes the completely ill-informed idea of using blackface as a costume, that was fomented with shows like amos & andy. oh, my lord. you realize this is incredibly offensive. yes. and you realize blackface makeup reignites ethnic stereotypes african-americans have worked for years to overcome. after amos & andy people in front of them behind the scenes becomes less palatable for people who were writing the checks. television is ultimately there to sell you things. and so advertisers and their input matters. nielsen wasn t even counting black households in their numbers. so of course you weren t going to get sitcoms that showed their