08-06-2012, 01:18 PM
Nah, it's because of Minstrel Shows. He looked too much like this;
![[Image: al%2Bjolson%2Bblack%2Bface.jpg]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7eDUSeNrI5E/R_DZe_gIc8I/AAAAAAAAAU8/A5V9-iWOuEc/s400/al%2Bjolson%2Bblack%2Bface.jpg)
Which is how white people used to dress up and put on shows as a "dumb" black caricature. It's the same reason Oil Man and Jynx were changed.
![[Image: al%2Bjolson%2Bblack%2Bface.jpg]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7eDUSeNrI5E/R_DZe_gIc8I/AAAAAAAAAU8/A5V9-iWOuEc/s400/al%2Bjolson%2Bblack%2Bface.jpg)
Which is how white people used to dress up and put on shows as a "dumb" black caricature. It's the same reason Oil Man and Jynx were changed.