3. To stereotype is to place a group of similar people under one category making them all the same.

4.  The inclination to feel a certain way about someone because of a specific characteristic › Skin complexion › Gender › Age  We don’t pay attention to how far they go and how much they effect us all

5. Slavery Segregation History Television Music Media Reinforcement Society One another Ourselves Effect

7.  Here to serve the white man & his family  political and economic relationship of hierarchy not prejudice  Justified by Christians › Africans were descendants of Ham and were cursed by his father Noah to be servants  Light vs. Dark  Present tied to history › Perception of black people has been closely tied to their history

8.  These things led to the idea of blacks being less clean, less intelligent and overall inferior

10. What You Get What You See  Vulgar Profanity › 89% Blacks › 5% Whites  Physically Violent › 56% Blacks › 11% Whites  Being Restrained › 55% Blacks › 6%Whites  Blacks seen in demeaning intellectual terms on TV  Mug shots are 4 times more likely to appear  Black on white crimes (over represented) It’s impossible to forget What we see everyday

11. We’ve come to a point where to “act black” is to act in this manner. If you act otherwise you’re not “acting black” Degrading, Classless, Bad Influences