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This 4 page paper discusses the stereotypical black figure of the "Urban Coon" and why some women consider him a threat. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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this battle, but stereotyping has done incredible damage to our culture, and unless we can break away from stereotypes, we may be doomed to see this over and over; that
is, women who live in fear of certain men simply because theyre black. Discussion Blacks in the U.S. have been systematically brutalized, marginalized and hated; even worse, whites
have used their own fears to categorize blacks. They have been able to turn them into the "Other," people we dont know and cant understand, who are different from
us and are therefore objects to be feared. Whites have defined blacks entirely on their own terms, using stereotypes to justify the treatment given them. The idea that blacks
are shiftless, lazy, undependable and stupid has nothing whatever to do with the actual ability of blacks; its a construct whites use to explain why blacks have to be controlled
or "taught a lesson" or "kept in their place." The most extreme of these beliefs ended in a wave of lynchings that swept the country in the late 1800s.
In order to "justify" the murders, the lynchers usually portrayed themselves as acting to save "white womanhood" (Malburne). "The caricature of African Americans evolved over the years, but the
caricature was always at the heart of white supremacy" (Malburne). Lets consider that statement for a moment: the caricature of blacks, not actual blacks themselves, justified white action
against them. Thats disturbing and ugly, and its sad that the stereotypes are still with us. "According to the research showcased in the California Newsreel film "Ethnic Notions,"
these stereotypes came to shape and determine racial tensions for over 100 years. Eventually, these stereotypes would lead to the image of the African American "brute" who must be controlled
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