mammy
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- noun
- /ˈmæmi/
- Slur
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mammy (término ofensivo; estereotipo racista de mujer negra que trabajaba como nodriza)
- Unfortunately for a 'colored girl,' the only screen roles available are menial ones such as maids and mammies.
- Mammy stereotype
- slave named Mammy
- Mammy Pleasant
Examples
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They are travesties of white Southern women, just as the mammy is a travesty of black Southern women.
Blog text (29) -
But nobody ever asked Mammy how she felt about it.
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Did your black mammy teach you to talk like that?
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"I had a Mammy, too."
Fiction book (1991) -
The woman that should have been your mammy.
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You were Scarlett, and she was Mammy.
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Son, have you ever heard the story of Solomon's mammy?
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And when my Mammy stumbled through the gate, she'd always act surprised to see me...
Fiction book (1991) -
These images invoke the "Mammy" stereotype.
Academic text (2014) -
In the story, the character Mammy cared deeply for the children she raised, showing her nurturing nature.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mammy comes from the same baby word mama meaning 'mother', but in the American South it was used as a name for Black women who cared for white children during slavery and segregation. That's why mammy can be seen today as an offensive, racist stereotype rather than a simple family word.