However, "blacks began to appear as not only ignorant and indolent, but also devoid of honesty or personal honor, given to drunkenness and gambling, utterly without ambition, sensuous, libidinous, even lascivious." Blacks were portrayed as making money through gambling, theft, and hustling, rather than working to earn a living, as in the Nathan Bivins song "Gimme Ma Money":
However, blacks started to be shown as not only apathetic and unmotivated, but also lacking in moral fiber or personal honor, prone to excessive drinking and gaming, without ambition, hedonistic, even licentious. Blacks were portrayed as making money through illicit activities like gaming, theft, and swindling, rather than through legitimate work, as depicted in the Nathan Bivins song 'Gimme Ma Money':