Blackface je izraz koji na engleskom doslovno znači "crno lice ", a pod kojim se podrazumijeva kazališna šminka koja za svrhu ima izvođača "transformirati" u karikirani i stereotipni lik crnca . Blackface je svoj karakteristični oblik dobila u minstrel šouima u SAD u 19. vijeku , a koristili su je kako bijeli tako i crni izvođači. S vremenom je postala simbol rasističkih predrasuda te se od druge polovice 20. vijeka njeno korištenje smatra kontroverznim.
Reprodukcija postera za minstrel show Williama H. Westa iz 1900. godine koji je originalno izdala kompanija Strobridge Litho Co., a koji pokazuje transformaciju od bijelca u "crnca".
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