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What is on difference in the themes of harlem and the wearly blues

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1. Black face, wide-eyed, and big-lips "happy harpies" (White actors dressed like African American ppl)

2. Sly, shuffling, mammies

3. Pickaninnies (bare-footed, black kids, braided hair)

4. Watermelon eating ( portrayed as lazy with no common sense)

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