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comment by BLOB_CASTLE
BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Your Daily Jazz History Lesson: Day 5 - Minstrel Shows

That explanation does sound credible. I suppose in the context of the time it was acceptable. I just can't imagine anything like that going on today.

I can't seem to find anything to contradict it. It does seem that Jolson was in face anti-racist. It's very interesting how different something can be perceived simply by changing the time it is perceived in.