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NEWS ABOUT: stereotypes

stereotypes stories: 15 news summaries

 Aging Brains Can't 
 Fend Off Stereotypes  

Research suggests older adults have stronger recall for stereotypical information

Oct 1, 09 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The way the brain ages may make older people more inclined to prejudice, with new research suggesting that the elderly may have greater difficulty suppressing stereotypes. In one study, young and old adults were read stories which, in the words of the researchers, “allowed for stereotypic inferences” about blacks,... More »

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elderly • stereotypes • racism • old age • prejudice

OPINION

 Another 
 Murder 
 Defies Race 
 Stereotypes 

Annie Le case latest to stir ugly racial fears, which proved false

Sep 18, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - When news of Annie Le's murder first emerged, scaremongering commentators seized on the dangers of studying on an "urban" campus, blogs author and sportswriter Jeff Pearlman—by which they didn't mean "an endless stream of Starbucks storefronts." Lo and behold, her alleged murderer is a "... More »

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crime • New Haven • Connecticut • stereotypes • racism • Yale • Annie Le • Raymond Clark

OPINION



 Back Off, 
 Golf Haters 

Stereotype of it being a rich man's game is a falsehood

Aug 29, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s been a lot of hatred leveled at golf this year, with everyone from Bill Maher to Hugo Chavez putting down the game—Chavez called it bourgeois, and Maher complained that Obama only played it to “relax the white people.” One USA Today writer even blamed... More »

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golf • stereotypes • rich

(Newser) - Meet Mr. James, the star of McDonald's new ad campaign in Japan: He's a wacky white guy in nerd glasses who speaks broken Japanese, hitches his pants up to his armpits, and probably strikes out with the ladies. Americans living in Japan call the Mr. James campaign racism, while the... More »

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Japan • McDonald's • stereotypes • Mr. James



 Graham Ripped 
 'Synagogue 
 of Satan' on 
 Nixon Tapes 

Nixon: Jews' failure to 'behave themselves' indicated a 'death wish'

Jun 25, 09 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billy Graham blamed Jews from the "Synagogue of Satan" for pornography in a newly released 1973 conversation with Richard Nixon, USA Today reports. The men, in a discussion about anti-Semitism and Jewish opposition to Christian evangelical efforts, agreed that Jews needed to "behave themselves" to avoid unleashing a... More »

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Jews • Billy Graham • Richard Nixon • stereotypes • evangelicals • anti-Semitism • Anti-Defamation League • Nixon tapes

Just Not Funny:
Obama Is Comedy Poison 

Why Bill Maher gets boos when he tries to razz the prez

May 4, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comedians have a big beef with President Obama: he's a humor-killer, writes the LA Times. It's not just that this president lacks a defining target for humor (funny accent, balance problem, wandering eye), but also that the American public may just not be in the mood to make fun of... More »

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comedy • stereotypes • Jay Leno • Tonight Show • comedian • President Obama

 Obama Tells Young Turks 
 to Look Past US 'Stereotypes' 

Says America still stands for greater good

Apr 7, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wrapped up his first foreign trip as president with a request of the world: Look past his nation's stereotypes and flaws. "You will find a partner and a friend in the United States of America," he declared today in a town hall meeting with Turkish students.... More »

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Turkey • Europe • stereotypes • US image • speech • town hall meeting • President Obama

OPINION

 Don't Tell Me I'm Not Fat 

The 'f' word is just another adjective

Jan 24, 09 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - People are constantly trying to tell Kate Harding she’s not fat, and it “drives me up a goddamn wall,” she writes in Salon. She is, by any reasonable definition, fat. It's simply another word that describes her. The problem is, everyone associates being fat with being lazy,... More »

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obesity • fat • stereotypes • body image

Jordan's Queen Uses YouTube
to Bash Clichés

Rania's youth-focused campaign focuses
on Arab stereotypes

Aug 6, 08 7:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jordan’s Queen Rania is taking on Arab stereotypes through a venue not particularly known for engendering serious discourse: YouTube. The Christian Science Monitor follows her successes and frustrations as she self-publishes videos, hoping the experiment can teach Arabs and Westerners more about each other. Rania began the series by... More »

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Jordan • YouTube • stereotypes • Arabs • Queen Rania

OPINION

 Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes? 

Why hasn't the 'Claire Huxtable' generation been accepted into the mainstream?

Jul 20, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

OPINION

 I See Sex, Not Racism 

The cover may be fraught with subtexts, but it is what it is

Apr 2, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

COMMENTARY

Vogue Cover Stirs Up Race Controversy

Some say Liebovitz shot perpetuates stereotypes

Mar 26, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Alito Whacks Sopranos' Themes

Italian-Americans' real story overshadowed, complains justice

Feb 14, 08 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Stereotype
That Women Out-Blab Men
Is Blather

Study silences gender misconceptions

Jul 6, 07 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

Does Barack Obama make white people
feel safe?

Mar 20, 07 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if Barack Obama did not face enough obstacles, the junior senator from Illinois with Oval Office aspirations is likened to a "magic negro" by David Ehrenstein. The "magic negro" is a cultural and cinematic racial stereotype exemplified by some of the characters played by Sidney Poitier,... More »

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Barack Obama • Sidney Poitier • Scatman Crothers • Morgan Freeman • Don Cheadle • race • film • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • stereotypes • Election 2008 • movies

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