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  1. Mammy stereotype - Wikipedia

    A mammy is a U.S. historical stereotype depicting Black women, usually enslaved, who did domestic work, among nursing children. [2] The fictionalized mammy character is often visualized as a dark …

  2. The Mammy Caricature - Anti-black Imagery - Jim Crow Museum

    Mammy is the most well known and enduring racial caricature of African American women. The Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University has more than 100 items with the mammy image, including …

  3. Black history and the 'Mammy,' a story - African American Registry

    The fictionalized mammy character is often a dark-skinned woman with a motherly personality. The origin of the mammy figure stereotype is rooted in the history of slavery in the United States, as …

  4. MAMMY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Toxic archetypes of Black womanhood—the mammy, the Black matriarch, the jezebel (or the Scraggle Daggle, in SYSBM parlance), and the welfare mother—are all alive and well in the Black Manosphere.

  5. MAMMY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    At the time of the Civil War and into the 20th century, the mammy was characterized as being strong, kind, and loyal. But her image was also that of an overweight, unattractive, and often illiterate …

  6. The Mammy Archetype‏: A Black Maiden Syndrome - I For Color

    Feb 1, 2025 · A mammy is a U.S. historical stereotype depicting Black women, usually enslaved, who did domestic work, among nursing children. The fictionalized mammy character is often visualized as …

  7. MAMMY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    MAMMY meaning: 1. mother 2. a word for a Black woman who takes care of white children, which was used frequently…. Learn more.

  8. Mammy archetype in the United States - blackwiki

    Sep 3, 2020 · The mammy, unlike other slaves, is usually not up for sale, and the children of the mammy are kept in the same family for as long as possible, retaining the same relationships that the mammy …

  9. Mammy Meaning Slang - SlangSphere.com

    Apr 16, 2024 · Today, ‘mammy’ is sometimes used in slang to refer to a mother figure, often in a playful or endearing manner. It can also be used to describe someone who is nurturing, caring, and …

  10. Mammy: Her Life and Times - Scholarly Essays - Jim Crow Museum

    She is a character as powerfully imprinted as the English nanny, a psychological, social, commercial and racist stereotype who looms large in the American commedia dell'arte of legend and literature.