{"id":1279,"date":"2026-07-12T08:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2026-07-12T08:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:15:29","slug":"the-black-betty-boop-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veritas-et-caritas.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/12\/the-black-betty-boop-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"The black Betty Boop myth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular internet meme claims Esther Jones, a famous black performer, was unethically exploited when cartoonist Max Fleischer invented the cartoon character Betty Boop, based on Jones&#8217; image and singing style. The meme also claims Esther Jones spent years unsuccessfully trying to win back her legal rights to the image. But the &#8220;black Betty Boop&#8221; story isn&#8217;t true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Betty Boop plagiarism myth\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvrGtsYFX4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid, Amidi. \u201cPBS Admits That It Published Fake History Of Betty Boop\u2019s Creation.\u201d <em>Cartoon Brew<\/em>, 14 September 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/classic\/pbs-admits-that-it-published-fake-history-of-betty-boops-creation-208635.html\">https:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/classic\/pbs-admits-that-it-published-fake-history-of-betty-boops-creation-208635.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bullard, Koriander. \u201cWho Is the Real Betty Boop?\u201d <em>ReelRundown<\/em>, 10 May 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/reelrundown.com\/animation\/Who-is-the-real-Betty-Boop\">https:\/\/reelrundown.com\/animation\/Who-is-the-real-Betty-Boop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cabarga, Leslie. <em>The Fleischer Story<\/em>. Da Capo Press, 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Champion, Walter T., and Kirk D. Willis. <em>Intellectual Property Law in the Sports and Entertainment Industries<\/em>. ABC-CLIO, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fields, Jill. <em>An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality<\/em>. University of California Press, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fleischer, Richard. <em>Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution<\/em>. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KARAH D. \u201cI Didn\u2019t Know Betty Boop Was Black. * True Story * #bettyboop #africanamerican #americanhistory.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 13 September 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y9j053VRqLM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y9j053VRqLM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keyser, Amber J. <em>Underneath It All: A History of Women\u2019s Underwear<\/em>. Twenty-First Century Books <sup>TM<\/sup>, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pointer, Ray. <em>The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer: American Animation Pioneer<\/em>. McFarland, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandoval-Palos, Ricardo. \u201cA Short Item Promoting PBS\u2019 Black History Month Programming Suggested the Betty Boop Cartoon Charact.\u201d <em>PBS Public Editor<\/em>, 13 September 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/publiceditor\/blogs\/pbs-public-editor\/betty-oops\/\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/publiceditor\/blogs\/pbs-public-editor\/betty-oops\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scheper, Jeanne. <em>Moving Performances: Divas, Iconicity, and Remembering the Modern Stage<\/em>. Rutgers University Press, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor, James D. <em>Helen Kane and Betty Boop: On Stage and on Trial<\/em>. New York Algora Publishing, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The1920sChannel. \u201cBaby Esther Lee Jones: A Forgotten Child Star (1920s Spotlight).\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 19 July 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9KGAp8-2owA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9KGAp8-2owA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weltz, Samuel Robert. \u201cHelen Kane against Max Fleischer.\u201d <em>Supreme Court of the State of New York<\/em>. Case Press, Inc., 1934.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WM Nonsense. \u201cEsther Jones Rare 1928 Voice Recording.\u201d <em>YouTube<\/em>, 16 March 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vc0xb8VXfNg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vc0xb8VXfNg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yowp. \u201cTralfaz: Betty Boop On Trial.\u201d <em>Tralfaz<\/em>, 28 July 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/tralfaz.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/betty-boop-on-trial.html\">https:\/\/tralfaz.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/betty-boop-on-trial.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Notice of Appeal: Helen Kane against Max Fleischer, Fleischer Studios, Inc., and Paramount Publix Corporation<\/em>, Supreme Court of the State of New York 1932.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPerformance Style on Trial: Helen Kane, Max Fleischer and the Battle Over Booping.\u201d <em>Fleischer Studios<\/em>, 28 July 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fleischerstudios.com\/performance-style-on-trial.html\">https:\/\/www.fleischerstudios.com\/performance-style-on-trial.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular internet meme claims Esther Jones, a famous black performer, was unethically exploited when cartoonist Max Fleischer invented the cartoon character Betty Boop, based on Jones&#8217; image and singing style. 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