Old Stereotypes for New

We are all familiar with the old negative images and racial
stereotypes of African Americans that once existed in this
country.

I think everyone would agree that they were horrible,
slanderous, misrepresentations of African American
people.

Here are a few examples of the old stereotypes that can be
found at the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia:

“The brute caricature portrays Black men as innately
savage, animalistic, destructive, and criminal -- deserving
punishment, maybe death. This brute is a fiend, a
sociopath, an anti-social menace.”

“…the ‘new issue (Blacks),’ for the most part, are lazy,
thriftless, intemperate, insolent, dishonest, and without the
most rudimentary elements of morality....Universally, they
report a general depravity and retrogression of the
Negroes at large..”

“The Brute caricature depicts black men as angry,
physically strong, animalistic, and prone to wanton
violence…”

“…the Black birthright was ‘sexual madness and excess’.”

“… intellectually childlike, physically unattractive, and...