Scrub Me Mama 1. How is the beginning of the cartoon suggestive of an "idealized" version of the
Antebellum South
2. What do the cartoon caricatures of the black facial features at the beginning
indicate concerning what the original use of black face was supposed to
represent?
3. List three moments that directly reference Jim Crow.
4. List three moments that directly reference Zip Coon:
5. List three moment that directly reference Mr. Tambo
6. Where do we see the Black Buck stereotype indirectly referenced?
7. How does the portrayal of Mammie suggest the stereotype, when applied by
the dominant culture, was not used to in anyway empower black women?
8. When we see the Piskaninnie images, how is it made clear black children were
viewed by the dominant culture as pets?