conclusion that black identity, minstrelsy mask the true identity of African Americans in the novel. Blackface minstrelsy was an established nineteenth-century theatrical play in which white men caricatured blacks for sport and profit. Minstrel shows have been around for almost 200 years, originating in the 1820’s and 1830’s. Minstrelsy planted the seeds of racism by providing a backbone of how white people should see African Americans. Throughout the narrator's journey he claims to be invisible and
Jazz was a genre that originates in African American communities in the United States in the late 19th and 20th century. Jazz is the sound of an emerged form of independent music styles, all in tune with African American and European American music. Jazz can be considered a melting pot of sounds, for many different instruments can heard during the playing of the genre of music. You could hear anything from a clarinet, guitar, saxophone, piano, trombone, or even a trumpet. There are several