Meaning of Rastus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name of American usage.
2. A stereotypical African American man, often a cheerful character in minstrel shows.
   historical, offensive

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Examples

“But neither did it turn⟳ them into Rastuses and Sambos; nor deprive their behaviour of logical and recognisable roots in the conditions of a regional culture whose impact had been distilled into Negro spirituals or the blues.”

“From the end⟳ of slavery to the period of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, ads in the U.S. continued to show⟳ blacks as Aunt Jemimas, Uncle Bens and Rastuses—individuals subservient to whites.”

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