In particular, the caricature was used to describe black men who absolutely refused to bend to the law of white authority and were seen as irredeemably violent, rude, and lecherous.
[1] D.W. Griffith's motion picture The Birth of a Nation (1915) is perhaps one of the best known examples of the use of the "Black Buck" stereotype in the media.
The film was largely responsible for the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan during the early 20th century.
[2] David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, was quoted in The Sun newspaper of Wichita, Kansas (23 April 1975) as saying, "White people don't need a law against rape, but if you fill this room up with your normal black bucks, you would, because niggers are basically primitive animals.
"[3] The perpetrator of the 2022 Buffalo shooting had the phrase “Buck Status: Broken” hand-painted in one of his rifles.