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Rastus is a pejorative term traditionally associated with African Americans in the United States. It is considered offensive.〔FAST-US-1 (TRENPK2) Introduction to American English. ("Cursing: Obscenities, Expletives and 'Forbidden' Words )." FAST-US-1 Intro to American English Reference File, 04-16-2007. Retrieved on 11-08-2007.〕 "Rastus" has been used as a generic, often derogatory, name for black men at least since 1880, when Joel Chandler Harris included a Black deacon named "Brer Rastus" in the first Uncle Remus book. However, "Rastus" has never been particularly popular as a Black name. For example, the 1870 census reported only 42 individuals named "Rastus" in the United States, of whom only four were Black or mulatto.〔()〕 Rastus—as a stereotypically happy black man, not as a particular person—became a familiar character in minstrel shows. This is documented in ''Every Time I Turn Around: Rite, Reversal, and the End of Blackface Minstrelsy'',〔(Every Time I Turn Around: Rite, Reversal, and the End of Blackface Minstrelsy retrieved May 3, 2006 )〕 and Racism and Poverty in Ford City, PA, 1959: Minstrel Show,〔(Racism and Poverty in Ford City, PA, 1959: Minstrel Show ), retrieved May 3, 2006]〕 and in fiction such as ''Adventures of Rufus Rastus Brown in Darktown'' (1906)〔(''Adventures of Rufus Rastus Brown in Darktown'' )〕 and ''Rastus Comes to the Point: A Negro Farce'',〔(''Rastus Comes to the Point: A Negro Farce'' ) essentially a dead link with no information〕 and in popular songs such as ''Rastus, Take Me Back'' (1909)〔(''Rastus, Take Me Back'' )〕 and ''(Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown) What You Going to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round'' (1905),〔(''(Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown) What You Going to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round'' )〕 on radio,〔()〕 and in films, most notably the Rastus series of short films,〔(Rastus series of short films )〕 with titles that included ''How Rastus Got His Chicken'' and ''Rastus Runs Amuck''. "Rastus" is also the name of the African-American character that first appeared on packages of Cream of Wheat cereal in 1893 and whose image remained the Cream of Wheat trademark until the 1920s, when it was replaced by a photograph of Frank L. White, a Chicago chef in chef's hat and jacket. His face has been featured on the box with only slight modifications until the present day.〔(The Advertiser's Holy Trinity: Aunt Jemima, Rastus, and Uncle Ben ).〕 == Origin == The name Rastus is a shortening of the Greek name of a character in the New Testament, Erastus of Corinth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rastus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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