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Vintage Race Advertisements (Page 2) of Miscellaneous Years

Prepare to be disgusted. The newly renovated Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI houses a collection of racist memorabilia meant to spark dialog and create awareness in regards to the history of racism and how it influences culture today. Here are the 15 most racist things we found in the museum.

"An American broadside advertising a slave auction" - Anonymous (1769). A yellow background with dark font and illustrations of two people dressed in leaves and cloth clothing.

From Salon Magazine on 9 January 2007, "Venus abused: In the early 1800s, Westerners leered at Saartjie Bartmaan's curvy body and exotic skin. But do we gawk any less today?" by Marisa Meltzer: The life story of Saartjie Baartman, the African slave who was displayed in Europe in the early 19th century, contains so many layers of oppression to sort through that author Rachel Holmes begins by trying to untangle her name. In “African Queen: the Real Life of the Hottentot Venus,” Holmes concedes…

Now, if you were lucky enough to grow up during the days of vintage ads, let's say like the 1940's or 1960s, t

African-Americans, Mexicans, Scots, Chinese, Japanese, Native Americans — it's a melting pot of stereotypes. 1910 — 1976.

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Comedian Eddie Cantor in blackface advertising Old Gold Cigarettes,1930. A prime example of racist adverts, common in the 1930s.

This is just a few of advertising's greatest hits on people of color. The Mountain Dew debacle is just th...

I can't describe the amount of horrible this product contains....but hey, as they say in the ad "THE NO-SMELL thrown in free" (somehow I doubt that)

RACIST STEREOTYPE trade cards offensive black Americana 3" x 4½" Racial stereotype trade cards with a gilt background advertising for the Union Pacific Tea Company of Elizabeth, NJ. The corners are clipped and there is a tear in one $4 S/I in the U.S., more abroad.

Original vintage magazine ad for Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Tagline or sample ad copy: Try Rice Kripies in cookery too. They take the place of nutmeats. Publication Year: 1930 Approximate Ad Size (in inches): 10½ x 13½ Condition: Good

Warning: these advertisements use racial caricatures and xenophobia to sell otherwise innocuous items like Jell-O and Corn Flakes. In short, this is advertising at its very worst.

Hat tip Atlanta BlackStar For years the U.S. government allowed racist white lynch mobs to murder Black men, women and children for practically nothing. The lynchings were so absurd one could argue…