Ethnic notions :  black people in white minds / 
directed by Marlon Riggs. 
 - San Francisco, CA :  California Newsreel,  1987. 
 - 58 minutes 
 - 005746. 
 - Black studies in video. .
<br/><br/> Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 9, 2014).  Electronic resource. 
<br/><br/> Ethnic Notions is Marlon Riggs' Emmy-winning documentary that takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America.Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans in literature.<br/>Ethnic attitudes--United States.<br/>Racism in literature.<br/>Stereotypes (Social psychology)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Documentary films.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E185.61