Stereotypes

Forget Apologizing to Obama, Jackson Should Apologize to Blacks for His N Word Hypocrisy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stereotypes, Fox Networ, Barack Obama, Black Leaders, Civil Rights, Presidential Race, N Word, Jesse Jackson, Racial, African-Americans, Bigotry, Barack Obama Jesse Jackson, Michael Richards, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Jackson should immediately apologize to blacks for not only trashing them, but also apologize for his hypocrisy. But that's not all.

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"I'm not an Adultolescent!"

Christine Hassler | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Stereotypes, The Balanced Life, Instant Gratification, Gen Y Work, Gen Y, Twenty-Something Advice, Adultolesence, Work-Life Balance, Entitlement, Living News
Christine Hassler

I read your posts about adultolescents. As a hard-working member of Gen Y, I feel like I have to overcome a lot of stereotypes like the carefree, irr...

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The New Yorker Got it Right

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: New Yorker, Stereotypes, Barack Obama, Racism, Democrats, Presidency, New Yorker Cover Obamas, New Yorker Cartoonist, Obama Muslim Smear, Media News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The great danger is that the lies and maliciousness the Obama slander sites busily fan could or has had some resonance with some voters, especially the much fought-over independents.

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I Kissed a Girl

Marissa Moss | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Bush Administration, Stereotypes, Gay Rights, Mtv, Katy Perry, Lesbian, Madonna, Lesbian Kiss, Gay Marriage, Jill Sobule, Entertainment News
Marissa Moss

Apparently, the only place you can see a girl kissing another girl on MTV nowadays is on The Real World after six tequila shots in the hot tub. Certainly not in the video called, um, "I Kissed a Girl."

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Anyone Want a Few Million More Votes?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Singled Out, Friends, Economy, Community, Children and Families, Single Women Voters, Marriage, Images, Singlism, Pennsylvania Primary, Anthropologists, 2008 Presidential Race, Demographics, Single Women, Parents, Family, Democratic Primaries, Soccer Moms, Fmla, John McCain, Exit Polls, Michelle Obama, Chelsea Clinton, Openleft, Single Voters, Npr, Singles, Great Moments in Presidential Speeches, Barack Obama, Wrong Track, Daily Kos, Cnn, Stereotypes, Advertising, Siblings, Interest in Politics, Iraq War, Hillary Clinton, Transportation Problems, NASCAR Dads, Healthcare, David Letterman, Wvwv, Politics News
Bella DePaulo

Single voters play favorites, their favorites are Democrats, and there are about 92 million of them eligible to vote.

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Does Obama Transcend Race?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stereotypes, Maureen Dowd Barack Obama, Race Stereotypes, African American Stereotypes, 2008 Election and Race, Maureen Dowd, Jeremiah Wright, Race, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Black Males, African American Male Stereotypes, Sidney Poitier, Willie Horton, Politics News
Caryl Rivers

Even though the cool, urbane, extremely rational Obama is the antithesis of the hate-spewing radical, that is the image that the Republicans will surely use if he is the nominee.

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Who's to Fault for Gender Stereotypes?

Andrea Learned | Posted 02.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Men, Women, Masculinity, Gender Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Femininity, Patriarchy, Gender, Living News
Andrea Learned

Stereotype slinging is actually evidence of a gender relations cultural transformation cracking the ice of years and years of traditional perspective.

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Ebony and Ivory

Tessa DeCarlo | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stereotypes, Morgan Freeman, Race Stereotypes, African American Stereotypes, Rob Reiner, Black Stereotypes, 2008 Election, Jack Nicholson, Barack Obama, African Americans, The Bucket List, Politics News
Tessa DeCarlo

It's been clear that not least among Barack's many qualifications for high office is now neatly he appears to fit the stereotype of the Redemptive Black Friend.

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Atlanta Falcon's Owner Should Apologize For His Foot-in-the-Mouth Racial Slur About Michael Vick

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.12.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Dog the Bounty Hunter Al Sharpton, Racism, Stereotypes, Arthur Blank, Don Imus, Civil Rights Leaders, Michael Vick, Atlanta Falcons, Arthur Blank Racial Slur, Arthur Blank Michael Vick, Michael Vick Fried Chicken, Entertainment News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Blank's remarks continue a recent and deeply troubling pattern in which leading media and public figures have demeaned African-Americans with wise cracks, slips, and off-color jokes.

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The Gender Rules

Caryl Rivers | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, Women and Politics, Hillary Gender Card, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Gender Election, 2008 Election, Feminism, Politics News
Caryl Rivers

Women candidates walk a knife-edge between appropriate and inappropriate behavior. In Hillary's case it's a balancing act between shrill feminism and weak womanhood.

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American Gangster, American Stereotype

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.07.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Racism, Drug War, New York Cops, Russell Crowe, Denzil Washington, Blacks Drugs Media, Racist Laws, Black Jail Sentencing, Drug Sentencing, Stereotypes, Black in Jail, American Gangster, War on Drugs, Entertainment News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The public scapegoat of blacks for America's drug problem during the past two decades has been relentless, and the at all costs hunting down by Richie (Crowe) of Lucas (Washington) in American Gangster is stark testimony to that relentlessness.

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What Men Talk About

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.02.2007 | Living

Read More: Women, Marriage, Gender Stereotypes, Marriage Counseling, The Broken American Male and How to Fix Him, Stereotypes, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Male Ego, Sex, Sexism, Men, Men Women Relationships, The Broken American Male, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The biggest complaint I hear from wives is they don't share their emotions. Here are the 10 reasons why husbands don't open up to their wives.

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Not Taking Girls for Granted

Cristina Pippa | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living

Read More: Girls, Philanthropy, Gender Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Philanthropists, Girls Grant, Giving Back, Young Women, Grants, Teen Girls, Girls Grant Project, Giving, Teenagers, Gender, Girls as Grantmakers, Living News
Cristina Pippa

"Girls As Grantmakers" programs operate based on the principle that girls can learn to be philanthropists in the same way that they learn to be anything else -- through practical experience.

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Come on People, No, Come on Cosby

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Come on People, Blacks, Bill Cosby, Violence, Cosby Critics, African-Americans, Gangs, Eduation, Stereotypes, Cosby Criticism, Race Stereotypes, Bill Cosby Book, Black Students Behavior, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Stripped away, Cosby's book is the same stock claim that blacks can't read, write or speak coherent English, and are social and educational cripples and failures.

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No Laughing Matter

Ann Friedman | Posted 10.02.2007 | Media

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Stereotypes, The New York Times Hillary, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sexism, 2008 Election Gender Politics, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Hillary Cackle, Hillary Laugh, Media News
Ann Friedman

The media had barely gotten over the fact that Hillary sometimes wears v-necks when a new sexist observation cropped up. Apparently she doesn't laugh -- she cackles.

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In Defense of O'Reilly

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.26.2007 | Media

Read More: Al Sharpton, Stereotypes, Racism, Blacks, Bill O'Reilly, Segregation, Harlem, Media News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It's easy to razz O'Reilly as a loudmouthed racist. But dumping on O'Reilly for giving his honest reaction is disingenuous and self-serving. It simply puts O'Reilly on the hook while letting far too many others off of it.

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Judging Bill O'Reilly: Why His Comments About Lunch in Harlem Matter

Eric Deggans | Posted 09.26.2007 | Media

Read More: Al Sharpton, Race, Bill O'Reilly, O'Reilly Harlem, Stereotypes, O'Reilly Black People, O'Reilly Media Matters, Racism, O'Reilly Blacks, Black Culture, Media News
Eric Deggans

Too smart to personally use an epithet in the way Don Imus finally did, he instead turns rap culture into a straw man used to represent all or most of black America.

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