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Search complete. 4 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Sambo".

Sep 7, 2026

DamonHOST
6:01
Yeah, mouth full of bullshit.
DamonHOST
6:03
It's the Sambo suit.
DamonHOST
6:05
That's what this
AaronHOST
6:05
is.
AaronHOST
6:06
This is Sambo suit.
AaronHOST
6:08
It is.
AaronHOST
6:08
100%.
LiamHOST
24:59
Okay, this is going to be a hard quote.
LiamHOST
25:01
Quote, it was not uncommon for whites to distinguish between N-words, including coons and bucks and Negroes, Toms, Sambos, and mammies, and they preferred the latter.
LiamHOST
25:11
End quote.
LiamHOST
25:12
See what I mean about if I started doing

17 MINS LATER

Jesse BlackHOST
42:05
place and
LiamHOST
42:05
stuff So Benjamin Miller notes that the portrayal of Aboriginal character in both plays is consistent with US blackface.
LiamHOST
42:13
And he says that Burns' characters are Sambos, like they're Sambo style figures.
LiamHOST
42:18
He also pointed out that Burns' plays the first time Aboriginal people are ever presented in fiction as substance addicted beggars, which would become a recurring motif.

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