minstrel

My vision of Queens, when it’s perfect, is: There’s a hill with the sun behind it, and this crippled army of minstrels comes over the horizon.

Anthony, he continues, "is the worst kind of shallow, fashion-grubbing gay minstrel."

The new critique of politicians of color like Donalds, Scott and Robinson should be, Smith argued, "are these people performing like minstrels?"

NM: It’s such a complicated dance, to try to dismiss them as minstrels while also understanding the quality of their work.

However, the banjo's creation eventually became a blending between West African and European traditions mostly due to minstrel shows in the 1800s.