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Hays Code
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The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion pictures released by major studios in the United States from 1934
Thou Shalt Not, a 1940 photo by Whitey Schafer deliberately subverting some of the Code's strictures
Thou Shalt Not, a 1940 photo by Whitey Schafer deliberately subverting some of the Code's strictures
A famous shot from the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery. Scenes where criminals aimed guns at the camera were considered inappropriate by the New Yor
A famous shot from the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery. Scenes where criminals aimed guns at the camera were considered inappropriate by the New York state censor board in the 1920s, and usually removed.
Actor Boris Karloff as Doctor Frankenstein's creation in the 1931 film Frankenstein. By the time the film's sequel, Bride of Frankenstein, arrived in
Actor Boris Karloff as Doctor Frankenstein's creation in the 1931 film Frankenstein. By the time the film's sequel, Bride of Frankenstein, arrived in 1935, enforcement of the Code was in full effect, and the doctor's overt God complex was forbidden. In the first picture, however, when the creature was born, his mad scientist creator was free to proclaim "Now I know what it feels like to be God!"
Some directors found ways to get around the Code guidelines; an example of this was in Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film Notorious, where he worked around
Some directors found ways to get around the Code guidelines; an example of this was in Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film Notorious, where he worked around the rule of three-second-kissing by having the two actors break off every three seconds. The whole sequence lasts two and a half minutes.
Miscegenation
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Miscegenation is genetic admixture between people who are members of different races or ethnicities. Long-term genetic and cultural admixture has been a widespread feature of human populations across
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…White slavery; Miscegenation; Sex hygiene and venereal diseases…
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous, pictured here with his wife and daughter, is the son of a white father and a biracial mother.
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous, pictured here with his wife and daughter, is the son of a white father and a biracial mother.
A Redenção de Cam (Ham's Redemption), Modesto Brocos, 1895, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes. The painting depicts a black grandmother, mulatta mother, w
A Redenção de Cam (Ham's Redemption), Modesto Brocos, 1895, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes. The painting depicts a black grandmother, mulatta mother, white father and their quadroon child, hence three generations of hypergamy through racial whitening.
The Trapper's Bride shows a trapper, Francois, paying $600 in trade goods for an Indian woman to be his wife, c. 1837.
The Trapper's Bride shows a trapper, Francois, paying $600 in trade goods for an Indian woman to be his wife, c. 1837.
Depiction of casta system in Mexico, 18th century
Depiction of casta system in Mexico, 18th century