{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"Cheryl Thompson","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/cherylthompson\/","title":"The complicated history of Canadian blackface - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fWczRixTis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2018\/10\/29\/the-complicated-history-of-canadian-blackface\/\">The complicated history of Canadian blackface<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2018\/10\/29\/the-complicated-history-of-canadian-blackface\/embed\/#?secret=fWczRixTis\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The complicated history of Canadian blackface&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"fWczRixTis\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/minstrel.png","thumbnail_width":1068,"thumbnail_height":874,"description":"In 1841, travelling American circuses came to Toronto for the first time and blackface came with them. According to University of Toronto theatre professor Stephen Johnson and historian Karolyn Smardz Frost, members of Toronto\u2019s black community petitioned City Council annually until 1843 to prohibit these acts. But every year Council rejected their pleas to censorContinue reading"}