Judge, 1901-11-30 · page 12 of 18
Judge — November 30, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon depicts a racist caricature of an African American woman (Mrs. Roorer) who has married a "yaller barber" and given him $280 of her savings to start a barbershop. The joke's "point" is that he has abandoned her on their honeymoon, leaving her waiting for his return. The satire relies on contemporary racist stereotypes: the exaggerated dialect, the implication that Black men are unreliable or predatory, and the mockery of Black economic aspiration. The cartoon presents the woman as foolish for trusting her husband with her money. This reflects early 20th-century Judge magazine's casual racism—depicting Black subjects as objects of ridicule rather than sympathy. The "one-sided affair" implies she was duped into a marriage that was never genuine, framed as humorous rather than tragic or condemnable. A modern reader should understand this as period racism, not actual commentary on actual people or relationships.
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