Media Depictions of the Mammy Archetype by Dale Ricardo Shields The Mammy archetype is one of the most notable Black stereotypes and caricatures which exist in American culture. “In reality, the pancake mix was the creation of two White men in Missouri, and they named it after a character in a minstrel song, not an …
VICKILYN REYNOLDS by Dale Ricardo Shields Vickilyn Reynolds was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She first appeared on television in 1987 on Kate & Allie, the following year (1988) she had appeared in two films, Crossing Delancey and I’m Gonna Git You Sucka. She also appeared on American Dreams in the episode “Beyond the Wire”. She …
