Ethnic Groupings
Instant Yiddish
Don't be a schmuck! Use the player below to bone up on your Yiddish.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 18, 2023 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Languages, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s
“Chicken Sam” to “Kill the Jap”
An arcade game where one tried to shoot a chicken thief was repurposed, after Pearl Harbor, to a game where one sought to nail a Japanese soldier.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 03, 2023 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Games, Stereotypes and Cliches, War, 1940s
Truman Capote, Broadway Lyricist
Did the same author who penned IN COLD BLOOD write "Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree?"Indeed he did!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 09, 2023 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Stereotypes and Cliches, Theater and Stage, 1950s
The Making of An American
The immigrant's story: twas ever thus.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 19, 2023 -
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Category: Emigrants, Immigrants and Borders, Ethnic Groupings, Jobs and Occupations, Languages, PSA’s, 1920s
Fun in a Bakery Shop
The last head sculpted in the video below is plainly that of a comic Irishman, supreme butt of all ethnic humorists.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 17, 2022 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Food, Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, Ridiculousness, Foolishness, Public Ridicule, Silliness, Goofiness and Dumb-looking, 1900s
Miss Fine Brown Frame
A beauty contest inspired by a song! It started in 1947, but I'm not sure when it ended. But it was still active at least till 1983, as you can see below.Source of text.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 08, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Music, 1940s, 1980s
Burma Blockade Deodorant
Nothing like naming your product so that it sounds like a military operation, then touting it with a stereotyped "Oriental" gal.Of course, we'd have to relaunch this as "Myanmar Blockade" today.
Bonus video: the same gal touting the more famous Burma Shave.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 12, 2022 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Hygiene, Stereotypes and Cliches, Advertising, 1960s, Asia
Sustainable Inuit Fashions
The website is here.Designer's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 29, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Ethnic Groupings, Fashion, Regionalism
The Eskimo HIghkick
High-kick competitions were once part of Kivgiq, the Messenger Feast. As each man entered the qargi he tried to kick an inflated animal bladder or ball suspended from the ceiling. An Iñupiaq story tells of a young woman who owned two balls; the larger was the sun, and the smaller the moon. The sun ball fell (or in one version was dropped by Raven) and burst open, bringing light to the world. The circular designs seen on this ball represent the sun and commemorate this ancient story.
Source of quote (with more pictures).
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 03, 2020 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Regionalism, Sports
The Snow Beauty of Yakutia
Part of our series on odd beauty contests.The first (?) contest was apparently held in 2017.
Read about it here.
What appears to be the home page has lots of pix and even videos of the 2018 contest. But I cannot find reference to competitions for 2019 or 2020.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 06, 2020 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Nature, Natural Resources, Russia
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