History Main / ModernMinstrelsy

* Grizzly Redwood actually had a career in Wrestling/RingOfHonor dating back to the "[[ADayInTheLimeLight Top of the Class]]" days, but all anyone remembers is his [[CanadaEh "World's Littlest Lumberjack" gimmick.]]

* Many commercials feature loud black buffoon characters. Offenders include the TooDumbToLive black dad pouring a whole bucket of sprinkles into an ice cream sundae in the Verizon Wireless commercials; the overweight, truck driving, DeadpanSnarker SoulBrotha beer distributor walking into baseball stadiums converting the fans to Miller Lite beer; and the luggage man in Southwest Airlines hollering, "Grab yo' bags! ISS ONNNN!".

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' is made of this whenever the Gauls go to another country. Editions used to be run with a foreword by the authors insisting they're making fun of the stereotypes rather than the people, but in practice the stories do not feel like parodies, though not usually very offensive. The comics were pulled from school libraries in the UK because of this, but returned due to outcry from nostalgic parents. Tends to inspire a lot of MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales in terms of the books that use stereotypes more gentle and harmless, such as ''Asterix in Britain'' (StiffUpperLip), ''Asterix in Switzerland'' (YodelLand) and ''Asterix and the Black Gold'' (AllJewsAreAshkenazi); or too stupid and extreme to take seriously, like ''Asterix in Corsica'' (TheMafia), ''Asterix and the Goths'' (UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany) and ''Asterix and the Normans'' (HornyVikings who eat everything with creme sauce, Normandie being a dairy-producing region), but the creators were no strangers to furious letters from people from these countries.

* One of the terrorists in ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'' was played by standup comedian Ahmed Ahmed. After Ahmed moved from acting to standup comedy, he addresses his role in the movie in light of this trope.
* Acknowledged InUniverse in ''Film/SorryToBotherYou''. The protagonist, Cassius "Cash" Green, finds himself in a party full of rich white folk who pressure him to rap even though he doesn't know how, simply because rap is stereotypically associated with black people. Eventually, he gives in to peer pressure. After stumbling on a couple of awkward rhymes, he eventually just screams "Nigga shit!" over and over again as the all-white crowd joins in. Notably, before this moment, Cash had to constantly speak in a "white voice" at his job. This scene was the one time where the crowd made him act stereotypically black for their amusement.
* InvokedTrope in ''Film/{{Loqueesha}}'', in which the white male lead pretends to be a SassyBlackWoman on the radio, because supposedly his "sagely life-changing advice" would go unnoticed it came from a white man.

* The MisaimedFandom aspect is strong with ''Series/WillAndGrace'''s [[StereotypeGay gay minstrelsy]]. A substantial segment of its audience doesn't support gay rights, gay marriage, gay love, or gay anything. They just like laughing at the quaint homosexuals. The show's sizable gay fanbase, however, appreciate the sympathetic characterization and relatively sparing use of stereotypes - Will is a successful lawyer, not (say) a fashion designer.

** Stereotypical nerds, who can't even talk to their neighbour without being absolute freaks. Everything they do is to make them seem pathetic, useless, elitist or to attempt to look like JustForFun/OneOfUs. Fortunately subverted later on by making them all more socially apt and find girlfriends, though this could be read as CharacterDevelopment turning them into "Normal people."
** Neurodivergent critics of the show argue that it perpetuates stereotypes of autistic people for the sake of comedy via the portrayals of Sheldon and Amy. Sheldon is particularly accused of this, being depicted as having odd patterns of thought, difficulties at socializing and conventionally expressing affection and general emotion, rigid body language, flat tone of voice, narrow, niche interests, sensory hypersensitivities, and savant-like capabilities in unorthodox fields. All of this is exaggerated for comedic affect, and its parallels with ableist stereotypes of autism (not only as a result of its exaggeration, but also its implication that Sheldon is nothing more than a nuisance at best and a burden at worst) give many autistic and otherwise neurodivergent viewers considerable pause.
* The Spirit of Jazz from ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'', a demented Voodoo god of jazz, as well as the two guitar players Rudi and Spider--who were broad Latino stereotypes--were all played by White guys ([[BlackFace wearing black or brown makeup]] ). Then again, ''Boosh'' has a very small cast so those actors tend to play ''everyone''.

* ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' has often been accused to this, given the characters of Han (a numbers-obsessed Asian diner owner who started off speaking pidgin English) and Earl (an older, soulful black man who spoke often of his past affairs with women and smoking weed).
* Hiro Nakamura of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' certainly seemed to have started off this way; even Creator/MasiOka admits he's fulfilling a lot of Asian stereotypes in the role (despite wishing Hollywood's portrayal of Asian men would StopBeingStereotypical). AsianAndNerdy? Check. [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish Poor grammar and pronunciation]]? Check, at least at the start ([[CharacterDevelopment he loses much of the accent after the first season, and Future Hiro has no accent at all]]). [[{{Keet}} Over-enthusiastic]] and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter gullible]]? Check. However, he turned out to be an EnsembleDarkhorse in both America [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales and Japan]], the later at least in part because of the former.

* Deconstructed in Lupe Fiasco's music video for ''Bitch Bad'', which compares the cliche's of modern rap videos to blackface.

* Wrestling/{{R|onKillings}}-Truth raps on the way to the ring and shouts "Whassup?!", which itself is pretty mild compared to his bad toothed "Pretty Ricky" gimmick. And during his brief FaceHeelTurn, he adopted what came off as an uncomfortably ''literal'' minstrel shtick: "I'm a [[FunetikAksent gewwwwwd]] R-Truth!"

--> "Microwave popcorn and red wine, STAT!"

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Sancho is portrayed in the English translation of the DS game as a rather wince-worthy European Spanish stereotype, complete with constant references to siestas, paellas and tortillas and random "sí"s, "olé"s and "anda"s for no reason.

** The show also frequently pokes fun at Jews, which quite often inches dangerously close to outright anti-Semitic jokes with very little sense of irony about them. Mort Goldman in particular goes from a more rounded character, to an excuse for the writers to toss in some Jewish jokes in later seasons.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Speedy Gonzales]]''. Some Mexican mice in the show are lazy and drunk. It was considered ironic that Speedy is a complete inversion of the negative stereotype of the mices. The character proved [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales very popular in Latin America]] because of the heroic qualities of Speedy himself.

** [[AllMuslimsAreArab Muslims and Arabs]] are slightly less frequent targets of jokes on the show, but [[MiddleEasternTerrorists ''always'' appear as terrorists when they do show up]].
** The show relies heavily on black stereotypes, especially when it comes to anything involving Cleveland, who at a certain point more or less became a vehicle for them, up until he got his own spin-off series. Much like the shows' Jewish jokes, it often feels like there's little irony about them.
** Anytime Asian characters appear, its usually for the sake of ethnic jokes based around common stereotypes, from tiger moms to bad driving, to being loud, pushy, or stoic, and in a way that, like the examples listed above comes dangerously close to outright bigotry instead of having a sense of irony to it. Like Mort and Cleveland, Tricia Takanawa is a vehicle for said jokes.
** The treatment of [[HandicappedBadass Joe]] and other physically disabled people in general since the show's uncancellation is something to behold. Whereas earlier episodes poked fun at this but still portrayed him as a heroic and ultimately honest person, later episode had him and his paraplegic friends banned from Peter's new restaurant simply because "cool people don't use wheelchairs" in spite of providing him with plenty of business. It's no wonder plenty of fans believe Joe to be the show's most mistreated character after [[ButtMonkey Meg.]]