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20: 609: 69:) has never been particularly popular as a black name. For example, the 1870 census reported only 42 individuals named Rastus in the United States, of whom only four were Black or 849: 517: 602: 595: 319: 563: 268: 839: 834: 662: 557: 829: 539: 119:
cereal in 1893 and whose image remained the Cream of Wheat trademark until the 1920s, when it was replaced by a photograph of
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Rastus—as a stereotypically happy black man, not as a particular person—became a familiar character in
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An analysis from outside the U.S., from the Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland
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was the nickname of an African American youth employed as a mascot by the Detroit Tigers from 1908 to 1910.
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Rastus is also the name of the African-American character who first appeared on packages of
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Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Rastus: Blacks in Advertising, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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book. However, Rastus (a shortening of Erastus, the Greek name of, especially,
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African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography
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Every Time I Turn Around: Rite, Reversal, and the End of Blackface Minstrelsy
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The Advertiser's Holy Trinity: Aunt Jemima, Rastus, and Uncle Ben
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Collection of mid-twentieth century adverting featuring Rastus
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has been used as a stereotypical, often derogatory, name for
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was referred to as "Rastus" McGill by white supremacists.
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What a Character! 20th Century American Advertising Icons
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included a black deacon named "Brer Rastus" in the first
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Race-related controversies in advertising and marketing
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Documenting Racism in an Agricultural Extension Film
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Jackson, 202: 92:, in popular songs such as 10: 866: 845:Mascots introduced in 1893 418:How Rastus Got His Chicken 324:Classic Books and Ephemera 299:"Every Time I Turn Around" 188: 157:How Rastus Gets His Turkey 151:How Rastus Got His Chicken 106:How Rastus Got His Chicken 57:at least since 1880, when 45: 752: 701: 623: 581:(1917), Short film, from 572:(1913), Short film, from 564:How Rastus Got His Turkey 520:. The Oz Scrapbook. 1976. 273:listserv.linguistlist.org 668:Fried chicken stereotype 80:. This is documented in 648:Black American princess 242:Marilyn Kern Foxworth, 785:Black people in comics 570:Rastus Among the Zulus 163:Rastus Among the Zulus 28: 790:Colored people's time 693:Watermelon stereotype 318:www.bibliopolis.com. 169:Rastus Knew It Wasn't 22: 516:David L. 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Index


Cream of Wheat
African Americans
United States
black men
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Erastus of Corinth
mulatto
minstrel shows
Cream of Wheat
Frank L. White
Li'l Rastus
Ralph McGill
How Rastus Gets His Turkey
Larry Semon
The Wizard of Oz
Broadway Rastus
Sambo
Sambo (film series)
Magical Negro
Aunt Jemima
"Cursing: Obscenities, Expletives and 'Forbidden' Words
"Listserv 16.0"
the original
"Every Time I Turn Around"
Angelfire
"The Adventures of Rufus Rastus Brown in Darktown by George W. Gunn on Classic Books and Ephemera"
Rastus Comes to the Point: A Negro Farce
"Rastus, Take Me Back (Coon Song)"

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