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On Having A Mammy [Short Story]
Dublin Core
Title
On Having A Mammy [Short Story]
The Messenger, Volume XLIV
Page 323 (1 of 3)
Description
In this three-page story, the author, A.W., offers a fictional account of the black stereotype of a "mammy" which describes a black woman who works as a housekeeper and/or nanny for white families. The story lovingly describes mammies, but it is a caricature in the historically racist stereotype of a "mammy" often used by blackface performers in minstrel shows.
Creator
Source
Virginia Baptist Historical Society
Richmond, VA
Date
1918
Contributor
Katherine Desloge
Format
Files
Collection
Citation
A.W. , “On Having A Mammy [Short Story],” Race & Racism at the University of Richmond, accessed February 28, 2020, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/34.