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Negrobilia
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English
Etymology
en negro memorabilia.
Noun
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Collectibles that portray stereotypes of black people.
en 1996 The New York Times Biographical Service - Volume 27 1128 Ms. Giovanni, who majored in history at Fisk University in Nashville, says this in a big room full of Negrobilia, including sculptures of three black boys eating watermelon and of a black man driving a white man in a buggy.
en 1998 My Favorite War: A Novel Christopher John Farley 246 088001590X Inside, it was covered in Negrobilia, advertising signs from the first half of the century that featured big-lipped Sambos.
en 2007 Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture John Strausbaugh 1101216050 As new production dwindled, and many people threw away the old stuff, what was left came to be seen as rare, antique and collectible. A lively aftermarket for Negrobilia and Black Americana developed in the 1980s.
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