Judge — August 20, 1904 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three satirical pieces using racist imagery and stereotypes common to late 19th/early 20th-century American humor magazines. "How the Palms Became White" presents a pseudo-scientific folk tale mocking Black dialect and perpetuating racist pseudoscience about skin color through exaggerated dialect speech. The narrative presents enslaved people's labor as the source of palm whitening. "Judge's Favorites" and "Rising" appear to be brief satirical poems about social climbing and status among performers. "Full of Ginger" references "Sissy Fultites," likely a theatrical figure, with commentary on autobiographies. "Both Work Hard" depicts farmers in a humorous conversation about labor. The entire page exemplifies Judge's reliance on dehumanizing racial caricature as its primary comedic vehicle—content reflecting and reinforcing the racist attitudes of its era.