HOME / Culturebox : Arts, entertainment, and more. Uncle Ben, CEO? The strange history of racist spokescharacters. By David Segal|Posted Friday, April 20, 2007, at 3:48 PM ET Tweet Click here to read a slide-show essay about the history of racist spokescharacters. . . . Advertisement . Slate Slide Shows Rick Santorum's Vests of Many Colors The World's Biggest Buildings The World's Biggest Buildings Tweet MYSLATE Save this story. Follow all Culturebox articles. Follow the Arts section. Follow stories by David Segal. MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. David Segal is a writer living in New York City.
