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 began to be characterized as not only apathetic and unmotivated, but also lacking in moral character or personal honor, prone to excessive drinking and gaming, without ambition, hedonistic, even licentious. Blacks were portrayed as making a living through illicit activities like gaming, theft, and exploitation, rather than through honest labor, as shown in the Nathan Bivins song 'Gimme Ma Money':