Negrobilia

Negrobilia

English

Etymology

Blend of negro +‎ memorabilia

Noun

Negrobilia (uncountable)

1. Collectibles that portray stereotypes of black people.
   • 1996, The New York Times Biographical Service - Volume 27, page 1128:

     Ms. Giovanni, who majored in history at Fisk University in Nashville, says this in a big room full of Negrobilia, including sculptures of three black boys eating watermelon and of a black man driving a white man in a buggy.

   • 1998, Christopher John Farley, My Favorite War: A Novel, →ISBN, page 246:

     Inside, it was covered in Negrobilia, advertising signs from the first half of the century that featured big-lipped Sambos.

   • 2007, John Strausbaugh, Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture, →ISBN:

     As new production dwindled, and many people threw away the old stuff, what was left came to be seen as rare, antique and collectible. A lively aftermarket for Negrobilia and Black Americana developed in the 1980s.

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