I found this image during the summer, and no matter how many times I look at it I get mixed feelings. It is an image that I find demeaning and racists and yet the words are what confuse me. Because it can be seen as being said by either the man or the woman or by a third party. There is something very grotesque about what you are seeing but yet I cant stop looking at it. But I wanted to share it with the class and see what you think? Please do not be Politically Correct, I would like very honest thoughts.
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I only interpret this image (postcard?) in one way-- that a third party is the one reciting the poem. To me, it's some racist person ragging on this guy for being such a womanizer that he is willing to do the unthinkable, which is being attracted to the "wench". This obviously comes from a time period when interracial dating not only was not accepted, but it was so unthinkable that it could be used in imagery to convey disgust. I'm assuming its from the early 1900s, because it reminds me of this charmer from the 20's:
http://www.authentichistory.com/diversity/jewish/images/JE_1920s_postcard_nose_01.html
same 4-lined prose,
same exaggerated nose,
same racist repose,
and that's all I knows!
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