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  • July 2008

    • Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes?

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 20, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes?

      It's no wonder Michelle Obama is being criticized from all sides: She's an outspoken, successful black woman, writes Sophia A. Nelson in the Washington Post . "This society can't even see a woman like Michelle Obama. All it sees is a black woman and attaches stereotypes," a prominent female African-American journalist tells Nelson. Society sees categories: the hip-hop vixen, the capable Aunt Jemima, and the "angry black woman." More »

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      Michelle Obama  • racial inequality  • black women  • stereotypes  • African-Americans  • glass ceiling

  • April 2008

    • I See Sex, Not Racism

      newser  |  Slate  |  Apr 2, 08 10:40 AM CDT

      I See Sex, Not Racism

      Last week's Vogue cover had "a lot of people, smart and dumb, losing their minds," writes Wesley Morris in Slate. Sure, Annie Leibovitz's shot may pander to the "ugliest racist tropes: black male as ape," with LeBron James as King Kong and Gisele Bundchen as the silky-gowned Fay Wray. (She even has her very own "dashing white adventurer," boyfriend Tom Brady.) But that subtext is a stretch. More »

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      LeBron James  • racism  • Gisele Bundchen  • Annie Leibovitz  • Vogue  • stereotypes  • King Kong  • Anna Wintour

  • March 2008

    • Vogue Cover Stirs Up Race Controversy

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Mar 26, 08 4:01 PM CDT

      Vogue Cover Stirs Up Race Controversy

      A Vogue cover featuring NBA star LeBron James and supermodel Gisele Bundchen is stirring up a fuss, Dan Fleschner writes on an MSNBC blog. Some say the shot, by the legendary Annie Leibovitz, perpetuates racial stereotypes by portraying James in an aggressive "King Kong-like" pose, with Bundchen as the willowy white woman in distress. More »

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      NBA  • LeBron James  • race  • Gisele Bundchen  • Annie Leibovitz  • Vogue  • stereotypes

  • February 2008

    • Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 14, 08 11:19 AM CST

      Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes

      US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito isn't going to fuhgeddabout all the negative stereotypes concerning Italian-Americans spread by shows like The Sopranos. "You have a trifecta—gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey—wedded in the popular American imagination" and overshadowing the true stories, the New Jersey native complained yesterday to an audience at Rutgers University. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • New Jersey  • Samuel Alito  • The Sopranos  • mafia  • Rutgers University  • stereotypes  • Italian Americans

  • July 2007

    • Stereotype That Women Out-Blab Men Is Blather

      newser  |  Time  |  Jul 6, 07 5:39 AM CDT

      Stereotype That Women Out-Blab Men Is Blather

      Women do not talk more than men, despite widely accepted stereotypes in popular culture of strong silent guys and chattering females, reports Time . Both men and women use about 16,000 words a day, with women typically employing a statistically insignificant 500 extra words daily, according to the new research. More »

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      science  • stereotypes  • University of Arizona

  • March 2007

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