The Old Negro

1
The Old Negro more of a myth than a man.
The New Negro Identity
Business and Community leaders Middle
Class Writers, Poets Artists Certain Types
of Musicians
The Brut Jezebel The Mammy The Tom The
Coon The Picanniny
2
Different Visions of African-American Art
The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain -Hughes
Criteria of Negro Art - Dubois

• Make art that focuses on beauty
• All art is propaganda
• Meant to invoke thought
• Create a better image of Blacks
• Stay away from old stereotypes
• Focus on the positive

• Show both the positive and negative the truth
• Embrace the whole culture (not just middle class)
• Self-expression is what is important
• Focus Lower class African-Americans-show
  individuality (Blues, Jazz)

3
Opposing Viewpoints on Hip-Hop
David Banners Testimony
What Bill OReilly Told Me - Williams

• Rap music is an escape from violent lifestyle in
  his community
• Reflection of the way it is
• Rap is the voice of the underbelly of America
• Violence, drugs, and crime were around before
  Hip-Hop
• People want to buy this music

• Media is depicting Blacks as violent and
  foul-mouthed
• Images fuel racist attitudes
• Blacks that criticize these images are labeled as
  Toms or Happy Negros
• Images are false (distorted) and dont represent
  most Blacks
• Young Blacks feel they have to fit into these
  images

4
How is the material on these three slides related?

• All views on the images projected of African
  Americans
• Expectation of what should be projected and the
  purpose of art (self-expression or propaganda)
• What is the effect of these images?
• What is the truth?
• Stereotypes and prejudice