Geez, five stars. This is a must read for the way it destroys the notion stereotypes have a basis in reality or “a kernel of truth.” Clearly the stereotypes around black Americans as described here have no truth and were constructed to counter truth: to maintain the belief that black Americans don’t have natural inalienable rights and aren’t worthy of them, making them somehow not quite human. The use of these horrendous stereotypes on minorities, black Americans in particular, do seem to purposely act as reinforcements every time they’re used of racial inequality and the justification for that inequality both.

I will go so far as to say this should be the standard in American for discussion of what stereotypes mean, and should be used in middle school, high school, and university textbooks on an introduction to civility.

I even learned this awesome new word: Caucacity is a blend of Caucasian, referring to white people, and audacity, here meaning “shameless boldness.”