Paddy and Pickaninny: a Comparative History of Irish and African-American Stereotypes on Food Packaging

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This study examines the use of racial and ethnic stereotypes on food packaging from the late 19^th to the early 20^th century. The focus is on the parallel uses of offensive Irish-American and African-American caricatures in particular, as only with the Irish and the African-American were the depictions, by turn, ridiculous, villainous, animalistic and monstrous.