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\n\nPublisher:\n\nJim Crow Museum\n\n\n
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\nRacism In The Kitchen During the Jim Crow period a typical American kitchen had many products with images that portrayed blacks in negative ways; these included packaging for cereal, syrup, pancake mix, and detergent; salt and pepper...\nRacism In The Kitchen During the Jim Crow period a typical American kitchen had many products with images that portrayed blacks in negative ways; these included packaging for cereal, syrup, pancake mix, and detergent; salt and pepper shakers; string holders; cookbooks; hand towels; placemats; grocery list reminders; and, wall hangings. Any object found in a kitchen could be-and often was-transformed into anti-black propaganda. This video shows some examples of kitchen and Mammy items in the Jim Crow Museum collection. Short'nin' Bread Lyrics from 1950 cartoon \"Short'nin' Bread\" by National Telefilm Association, Inc. Chorus: Mammy’s little baby loves short’-nin’, short’-nin’ Mammy little baby loves short’-nin bread Mammy’s little baby loves short’-nin’, short’-nin’ Mammy little baby loves short’-nin bread feed dem chillum some shortnin Two lit-tle chil-lun lyin’ in bed One of ‘em sick an’ de odder mos’ dead Call for de docter an’ de doc-torr said “Feed dem chillun on short’-nin’ bread Goin to da kitchen an’ put on da led Put on da skillet for short ‘nin bread Short ‘nin bread an’ bake it thin Al-ways make dem chil-lun grin Chorus [2x] Mossin ‘round da kitchen lak a bus-y bee Da busi-est mammy you ever did see Gotta hurry up wid da short ‘nin bread Gotta git dem chillun right out-ta bed Chorus [2x] “How ‘bout dat short-nin bread When I gonna git that short’-nin’ bread” Cried a lit-tle baby a-lyin’ in bed His eyes were shut like he ben dead Chorus [2x] De odder little fel-la sick in de bed When he hear tell of short’-nin’ bread Popped up well, he dance and sing He al-most cut da pi-geon wing Mammy’s little baby loves short’-nin’, short’-nin’ Mammy little baby loves short’-nin bread Mammy’s little baby loves short’-nin’, short’-nin’ Mammy little baby loves short’-nin bread\n
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2019
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