Talk:The Artificial Nigger

Possible error referring to the statue as a lawn jockey

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In the story it's never actually referred to as a jockey or even described similarly to one. In fact, it's more similar to a Jim Crow caricature than any type of common jockey statue. Below is the section from the story describing the statue: "He had not walked five hundred yards down the road when he saw, within reach of him, the plaster figure of a Negro sitting bent over on a low yellow brick fence that curved around a wide lawn. The Negro was about Nelson's size and he was pitched forward at an unsteady angle because the putty that held him to the wall had cracked. One of his eyes was entirely white and he held a piece of brown watermelon." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.33.59.146 (talk) 04:59, 17 February 2020 (UTC)Reply