"representation" is fine but those minorities are usually forced to be reactionary. They're subject to the values of the hegemonic caste who wants to see art that insults and degrades them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hogan
Ernest Hogan was the first African-American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show (The Oyster Man in 1907) and helped to popularize the musical genre of ragtime.[2]
A native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, as a teenager Hogan worked in traveling minstrel shows as a dancer, musician, and comedian. In 1895 Hogan composed several popular songs, including "La Pas Ma La" and "All C**ns Look Alike to Me". The success of the latter song created many derogatory imitations, known as "c**n songs" because of their use of racist and stereotypical images of black people.
Hogan was considered one of the most talented performers and comedians of his day.[3] His contribution to the racist "c**n song" craze haunted him—before his death he stated that he regretted using the racial slur in his song.
reason for being cancelled: "c**n songs"
Some black performers made a point of substituting the word "boys" for "c**ns" whenever they sang it.
Infantilization vs dehumanization? this sucks lol
"(That) song caused a lot of trouble in and out of show business, but it was also good for show business because at the time money was short in all walks of life. With the publication of that song, a new musical rhythm was given to the people. Its popularity grew and it sold like wildfire... That one song opened the way for a lot of colored and white songwriters. Finding the rhythm so great, they stuck to it ... and now you get hit songs without the word 'c**n.' Ragtime was the rhythm played in backrooms and cafes and such places. The ragtime players were the boys who played just by ear their own creations of music which would have been lost to the world if I had not put it on paper."
this fucking hot take: "the only way we could get rock music is if we say the n word to grab peoples attention"...My Use of The N word Is Actually Brave and Heroic In Paving The Way For People To Not Use It
That one song opened the way for a lot of colored and white songwriters. Finding the rhythm so great, they stuck to it … and now you get hit songs without the word ‘c**n.’
This sounds like one of those Mitchell and Webb bits, like how advancements in the field of racism accidentally led to the creation of music.