This discussion was hard for me to wrap my mind around; not because it was shocking to learn about Minstrel shows, but it was uneasy learning that black people participated in these shows. The discussion turned to questioning whether there are minstrel show-esq behaviors in popular media today. Dave Chapelle was used as an example; making fun of African American stereotypes in comedy. In this sense, I believe black people have reclaimed what it means to be “black in America,” and used it to their benefit. For example, participating in Minstrel shows to further careers and making fun of stereotypes in comedy bits. With this logic, it can be said that the word Nigger has been reclaimed by African American and reinvented into Nigga; now used by African Americans in leisure. In addition, it was weird to learn about what the Texas state song originates from; a song about a mixed race lover. It plays into what we talked about with the fasination yet disgust of what was deemed other. It seems as though white people have always been fascinated with black people, so facisnated that they left a legacy of minstrelsy in American popular music culture today.