Answer:
b. As foolish imitators of white culture
Explanation:
The minstrel shows portray African Americans as a race who are foolish and lack the required intellectual capacity and knowledge. The shows were mostly in the form of comedy and performed mostly by the Whites . Some referred to the shows as being racial and it was popular before the abolition of racial discrimination.
This validates the minstrel as a show which portrays African Americans as foolish imitators of white culture
