# Other Cringeworthy Blackface/Yellowface/Etc. movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 23, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-cringeworthy-blackface-yellowface-etc-movies/1031135 "2026-06-23T15:04:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 87
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-cringeworthy-blackface-yellowface-etc-movies/1031135/87 "2026-06-24T12:39:42Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > 🤦‍♂️ > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, the tales of Br’er Rabbit and others are recognizable African folktales. You can find them in books on African mythology. The people who told them weren’t creating the stories – they were preserving their cultural heritage in a way that was particularly appropriate. > > Joel Chandler Harris was a white guy who retold these stories, often in excruciatingly rendered dialect. He didn’t make them up, either. Y’all might want to come over here instead. > [@Song of the South is Racist as Much for What it Doesn’t Show as What it Does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-of-the-south-is-racist-as-much-for-what-it-doesn-t-show-as-what-it-does/1000966): > > Continuing the discussion from [American Civil War: questions from a Canadian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-civil-war-questions-from-a-canadian/842680/174): An example of this: the main Protagonist Kid (poor little rich kid whose daddy own’s the plantation, even as he is supposedly troubled by debt) has a birthday party. PK has two friends at least (other children) who get a decent amount of screen time: one is a White Girl, the other a Black Boy. One of the minor conflicts of the movie is whether it is appropriate for PK to invite WG, who is from a poor family of lower… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-cringeworthy-blackface-yellowface-etc-movies/1031135)._