Blackface Minstrelsy

The issue of applying blackface started in the early 1800s. Face, painted with black cork, while playing minstrel shows, portrayed African-Americans in a negative way. That's how caucasians thought they are and how stereotypes were shaped and developed. Nowadays, people paint their faces black when it is Halloween, as a joke. However, the history left deep footprints, which cause a lot of different reactions.