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Encyclopedia of —isms

Stereotypes

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Typing

classclassificatory systems of differenceindividualmemberRichard DyerrolesocialstereotypeStuart Hallsystem of representationtype

A type is any simple, vivid, memorable, easily grasped and widely recognized characterization in which a few traits are foregrounded and change or ‘development’ is kept to a minimum. — Richard Dyer

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Encyclopedia of —isms

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Stereotypes

Stereotyping

abnormaldifferenceexclusionfantasyimaginationinequalitynaturepowerRichard DyersimplifyingstereotypeStuart Hall

Stereotyping reduces people to a few, simple, essential characteristics which are represented as fixed by Nature —Stuart Hall

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Products of Research

Teaching

This week in the Society of Spectacle

21c QuestionsGreil MarcusGuy DebordimagesLipstick Tracesracismresearch: tools & methodsSerena WilliamssexismSociety of the Spectaclestereotypeus open
Can Serena Williams escape the stereotype of the "Angry Black Woman"? ...

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Huey's Re-Mix

Huey’s remix 2017: Jay Z’s The Story of OJ

HiphopJay ZMark RomanekO.J. SimpsonRustam HasanovstereotypeUnited States
Screenshot taken at [2'10''] from "The Story of OJ" by Jay-Z and Mark Romanek

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Stereotypes

Jay Z’s (still) nigga

blackcannycreditFour WomenHiphopJay ZLittle Black SambomaleMammyMark RomanekNina SimoneOJ SimpsonpropertysavageSpectaclestereotypeUnited States
via Vevo.com

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Becky

Butt

Stereotypes

Sir Mix A Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’ ft. ‘Becky’

BeckyblackbuttfemalefetishobjectificationstereotypeWhite
Sir Mix-a-lot: Baby got back (1992)

Black face, White wash

Stereotypes

Washing the Blackamoor White

dirtyPears' soapstereotypeWashing the blackamoor white
Pears soap advert based on the fable Washing the Blackamoor white, published in the Graphic for Christmas 1884 Source: wikipedia

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Re-mix

Stereotypes

Bomani Jones’ Caucasians T Shirt

activismBomani JonesCaucasianCleveland IndiansIndianindigenous peopleNative Americanracismsportsstereotypet-shirtWhite
Bomani Jones' remix of racist Cleveland Indians Logo

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Little Black Sambo

Stereotypes

Little Black Sambo

asexualblackboybrownchildlikechildrensbookdociledumbGolliwoggrinningHelen BannermanIndiairresponsiblelazymalenot humanpicaninnyservantstereotypetigerUnited KingdomUnited States
The Story of Little Black Sambo

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Stereotypes

De Efteling’s “Monsieur Cannibale”

AfricancannibalchildlikefearFrenchsavagestereotypeuncivilisedviolent
Monsieur Cannibale @ The Efteling

The Mammy

Aunt Jemima Siropbottle

Aunt JemimablackDonald BoglefemalehousemaidMammyrace as a commodityslaverystereotypesubmissive
Found in Vancouver (CA). December 2013

Muslim

“Wacko Jacko member of Nation of Islam”

anti-semiticcrazyFear of a black planethomofobiaLouis FarrakhanMichael JacksonNation of IslamPh1: Found objectstereotype
Found in Metro 13.12.2003

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