Post #60659 by Unga Bunga on Tue, Nov 18, 2003 3:39 PM

Here are audio clips from the Little Black Sambo album(note the racist stereo type):
http://www.basichip.com/kid_stuff/little_black_sambo_clip_2.mp3

http://www.basichip.com/kid_stuff/little_black_sambo_clip.mp3

Here is a paragraph of the history that was with these photos:
Little Black Sambo
Critics have observed that Helen Bannerman's classic story, first published in 1898, presents one of the first black heroes in children's literature. Little Black Sambo was initially regarded as a book that positively portrayed black characters, especially in comparison to the more negative books of the time that depicted blacks as simple and uncivilized. But as racial consciousness grew in America, Little Black Sambo became an object of harsh criticism and heated debate. Some educators recommended that the book be removed from library shelves; others defended the book as a harmless product of a bygone era. Since Bannerman did not retain the copyright, there were a number of versions of Little Black Sambo that appeared with illustrations other than her own, often with pictures considered stereotypical in their portrayal of blacks. There was even a chain of restaurants based on the book called Sambo's. The specialty of the house was pancakes.

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[ Edited by: Unga Bunga on 2003-11-18 15:45 ]