BBC told us to ‘shut up’ about our objection to the Black and White Minstrel Show
BBC told us to ‘shut up’ about our objection to the Black and White Minstrel Show
The BBC’s historical culture wars have been laid bare in an authorised biography of the corporation. It reveals that a high-ranking executive demanded that black people “shut up” amid internal disquiet over The Black And White Minstrel Show. The book by David Hendy, a professor of media and culture history at Sussex University, dedicates a […]
The BBC’s historical culture wars have been laid bare in an authorised biography of the corporation. It reveals that a high-ranking executive demanded that black people “shut up” amid internal disquiet over The Black And White Minstrel Show. The book by David Hendy, a professor of media and culture history at Sussex University, dedicates a […]