Title
Justifying Injustice: How Caricatured Depictions of African Americans Impacted Worldwide Perception
Date of Award
Spring 6-13-2022
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of arts (BA)
Department
Global Honors
First Advisor
Deirdre Raynor
Abstract
Despite racist depictions of African Americans in art seeming to be behind us, the consequences of such representation, including the baggage of stereotypes alongside them, live on. This paper will argue that the racist caricaturing of Black people throughout history has been used as a form of propaganda, affecting the overall perception of African Americans and influencing policies that have determined them as belonging to the lower levels of the American caste system.
Recommended Citation
Noble, Jaida, "Justifying Injustice: How Caricatured Depictions of African Americans Impacted Worldwide Perception" (2022). Global Honors Theses. 89.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/gh_theses/89
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