stereotypes
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From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
The United States has just five percent of the world population yet holds approximately 25 percent of its prisoners.
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Jeb Bush is Wrong about Blacks Wanting ‘Free Stuff’
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush thinks he can become president of the United…
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What 200 Years of African-American Cookbooks Reveal About How We Stereotype Food
Katie Nodjimbadem, SMITHSONIAN (Smithsonian.com) – Aunt Jemima’s warm smile, pearl earrings and perfectly coiffed hair are easily recognizable in…
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‘Angry Black’ Gunmen
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Alison Parker, a rookie news reporter at WDJB, the Roanoke, Va. CBS affiliate, had…
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Black Boys Do More than Run
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist I recently attended my grandson Austin Ragland’s graduation from pre-school in Buford, Ga.…
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Duke Professor Responds to Criticism about His Comments on African Americans
Jane Stancill, THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Charlotte Observer) — A Duke University professor faced sharp criticism for online comments he…
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Obama: Stereotypes on Left, Right a Hurdle to Ending Poverty
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t your typical panel discussion: President Barack Obama sat down Tuesday with…
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Young, Gifted, Black and Abused
By Walter L Fields NNPA Columnist In the course of one week we witnessed the burden of being young,…
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Hip Hop Corner: Time to Reform the ‘Thug’ Image of Hip Hop
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist One of my mentors asked me why I was so quiet and not making…
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Blacks are Seen as Savages
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist An African American friend of mine keeps asking, in utter amazement, how it…
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