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At the turn of the previous century, the default black stereotype was of a shiftless, dim-witted gambler with a thing for fried chicken and watermelon. A hundred years later, the laziness and stupidity are there, as is the food--but what happened to gambling?

by /u/Pale_Chapter in /r/AskHistorians

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