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racial identity

Racial Identity
Since Hip-Hop has taken over our youth’s culture African Americans have dominated the media and black women are more present than ever in the media.
In the late 20th and now the dawn of the 21st century, popular culture have become the main sites for socialization. K. Sue Jewell, says “Black womanhood work to legitimize and justify social policies which blame black women for their own social position.”
What about the nonthreatening Aunt Jemima for example, this portrays black women as domestic workers and caretakers. And black males place the blame for the African American stereotype on the black women. And results in giving the...

Posted by: John Mayes

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