Stereotypes and Labels: Racial Discrimination Articles - Racism Against Blacks, Asians & More
Research findings, reporting incidents, personal reflections, anecdotes, and commentary that illustrate the pervasive beliefs, the use and harmful effects of labels, stereotypes, slurs, and derogatory slang in contemporary society.
May 12th, 2010
Written by Aricka Flowers in Stereotypes & Labels with 1 Comment
One of the infamous uses of the word “hymie” dates back to Reverend Jesse Jackson's run for the White House. In a January 1984 interview with Washington Post reporter Milton Coleman, Jackson referred to Jewish people as “Hymies” and New York City as “Hymietown.” A firestorm soon erupted around Jackson prompting him to apologize in an emotional speech at a New Hampshire synagogue the following...
May 10th, 2010
Written by Randi McCreary in Stereotypes & Labels with 2 Comments
One of the most fulfilling pastimes is sitting amongst friends, swapping stories and exchanging thoughts about the opposite sex. It is within our natural instincts to recognize and comment on the attractiveness of others. We notice charming smiles, confident strides and openly declare this man or that woman appealing to our beholding eye. However, sometimes, this comfort of expression takes a...
May 5th, 2010
Written by Jane Mersky Leder in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
• 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded. Interestingly, W.E.B. Dubois was the only prominent black of the founding board of directors. Most of the other board members were Jewish. The NAACP’s first president was Arthur Spingam, and only Jews served as board presidents until the 1970s. The Jewish leadership was little known by the public at...
March 22nd, 2010
Written by Tom Leland in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Say the word “redneck” and you never know what reaction you’re going to get.The word has a confusing role in our lexicon. The American Heritage Dictionary lists “redneck” as “a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States,” and secondly as, “a white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude.”Yet, many...
March 16th, 2010
Written by Jane Mersky Leder in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
I stood in the school washroom waiting for my new friend, Betsy, to finish primping. We would become fast friends, each of us anxious to put down roots in a new junior high school in a new city.
“Well,” I said, “can you sleep over this weekend?” I had asked her plenty of times before, and she always had other plans.
“I don’t think so because—”
I interrupted her before she could finish. “I don’t...
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