In a New York Times op-ed called "'Mary Poppins,' and a Nanny ... "These aren’t really black Africans; they’re grinning white dancers in blackface," he wrote. "It’s a parody of black ...

(“Pickaninny” has long been seen as an offensive term for a black child.) She addresses Mary Poppins in minstrel dialect and invokes the convention of blacking up: “My, but dem’s very ...

The London Evening Standard, for exaple, reported: "The classic family film 'Mary Poppins' has been ... These aren’t really black Africans; they’re grinning white dancers in blackface.

A British film industry group has raised the age rating for the beloved children’s classic “Mary Poppins” over discriminatory ... a racial slur once used by White Europeans to refer to ...

Julie Andrews, in costume as Mary Poppins, and Walt Disney pose with teacups ... status with the release of the animated classic "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937, but Disney was ...

A few years earlier, her Kentucky Derby outfit was “practically perfect in every way” when she appeared as Mary Poppins ... wears a dynamic, black and white hat, accented with pink and ...

Before “Mary Poppins,” Johns carved out a respectable ... a playful mermaid who upturns a family’s household in the black-and-white comedy “Mermaid,” which debuted in 1948.