Rastus

rastus English Etymology Thought to be derived from en Erastus. Despite paucity of actual usage, the name became associated with African-American men because of a character in the first Uncle Remus book by Joel Chandler Harris. Proper noun en male of American usage. Noun en historical now offensive A stereotypical African American man, often a cheerful character in minstrel shows. en 2016 Eva Lennox Birch Black American Women's Writings 59 But neither did it turn them into Rastuses and Sambos; nor deprive their behaviour of logical and recognisable roots in the conditions of a regional culture whose impact had been distilled into Negro spirituals or the blues. en 2019 Patricia H. Hoffman-Miller; Marlon James; Douglas Hermond African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity 21 From the end of slavery to the period of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, ads in the U.S. continued to show blacks as Aunt Jemimas, Uncle Bens and Rastuses—individuals subservient to whites. Anagrams en arsstu Asturs Straus Surats Sūtras Tarsus surats sutras sūtras tarsus tussar en male given names from Ancient Greek eponyms