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“Slumming”
A derogatory word for people of African descent, commonly used to push degrading stereotypes in racist representations like minstrel shows.
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“Darky” Term Timeline in Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The timeline below shows where the term “Darky” appears in Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 7
...also usually a handful of white visitors. Most were “out sight-seeing, or slumming.” Some “delineated darky characters ” and came for inspiration. There were also a handful of white women who regularly...
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Chapter 10
...And the physician was harsh toward lower-class blacks—or, in his words, “those lazy, loafing, good-for-nothing darkies […] who create impressions of the race for the casual observer.” They visited various black...
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