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by Helena Andrews onAugust 15, 2012
In TLC's show, a white kid makes black stereotypical slang her own. That may not be a bad thing.
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by Demetria L. Lucas onJuly 19, 2012
In her Essence column, The Root's contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas weighs in on the "Sorry, I'm not an Angry Black Woman" phenomenon.
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by Shayla Pierce onJuly 17, 2012
"Sorry to disappoint" is Clutch magazine writer Shayla Pierce's message to those who expect her to be sassy or combative.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onJanuary 16, 2012
Octavia Spencer's Golden Globe win for The Help shows that Hollywood continues to celebrate problematic images of black women.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onJanuary 12, 2012
The impact of stereotypical images of black women is felt worldwide.
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by Claudio E. Cabrera onDecember 28, 2011
Spoof of "S--t Girls Will Say" video doesn't go over too well with African-American women.
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by Nsenga Burton onMay 23, 2011
Solomon says the New York press has reconfigured the alleged victim of a sexual assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn as an AIDS predator.
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by Nsenga Burton onNovember 11, 2010
BV Money's Gina McCauley wonders aloud about forming a matriarchal society.
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by Sheryl Huggins Salomon onOctober 18, 2010
The stereotype of a gold-digging, castrating black woman meets CGI to create a video that has many talking.
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