To no surprise, the rise of black excellence was demeaned and ridiculed by their white counterparts. Minstrel theater were comprised of performances by white people in black face who mocked and mimicked African-Americans. Shows included singing, dancing, and imitated African American dialect that shows the how black people were perceived through the white gaze. After university jubilee quartets gained more popularity, minstrel shows began to feature them in their performances.
Ridiculing the university jubilee quartets provides yet another example of the way that caucasians work tirelessly to impose their supposed domination and supremacy over African Americans. In mocking the efforts of the university jubilee quartets, White Americans showed their incessant desire to degrade black people and that desire is still seen today as the stereotypes and discrimination has not died down, but changed form.