Magical Negro

The “Magical Negro” is a film and television stereotype that refuses to die and more frequently popped up in the 90’s with movies like The Matrix, The Legend of Bagger Vance, The Green Mile, and What Dreams May Come. This stereotype always has a saintly African-American character guiding the white hero over his obstacles and to his intended goal.

Uncle Tom.

Coming originally from the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Tom character portrays black men as faithful, submissive servants who will never rebel and are happy and giddy all the time. This stereotype was especially propagated in early Hollywood films.

Welfare Queen.

The “Welfare Queen” stereotype started in journalistic communities; a speech by Ronald Reagan fueled the fire and perpetuated this myth about welfare. It’s an especially damaging stereotype that holds that all African-American mothers feed off the welfare system, living comfortable lives.

Jim Crow.

One of the most outrageous stereotypes in American culture is “Jim Crow.” Started by Thomas D. Rice at the beginning of the 19th century, he decided to put on “blackface” makeup and sang his adaptations of slave music and called it “The Jim Crow Jump.” Over time, it became a powerful and incredibly damaging stereotype equal to calling all African-Americans inferior and less intellectual.

The Jezebel

The Jezebel stereotype propagates the idea that all black women are seductive, alluring, lewd, and even predatory. In contrast, white women were shown as the height of self-respect and dignity. It’s been a stereotype for centuries and is pushed mostly today in modern media.

The Mammy

“The Mammy” is a long-enduring stereotype and caricature of African-American women. Resembling “Uncle Tom,” the Mammy served the political, social, and economic interests in southern America by showing African-American women as always smiling, happy, and eager to serve their white masters. The Mammy belongs to the white family and loves them. And unlike the “Jezebel” stereotype, she is completely desexualized. One of the longest lasting and continuing expressions of this is Aunt Jemima.

Fried Chicken

The “Fried Chicken” stereotype says all African-Americans like to only eat fried chicken. During the horrific era of American slavery, southern slave owners found chicken to be the best way to feed their slaves. However, this stereotype kicked into high gear with the release of Birth of a Nation, a racist film in 1915.

Watermelon

Similar to the fried chicken stereotype, the “Watermelon” stereotype depicts all African-Americans loving and eating watermelon. It can be traced back to when African-Americans won their freedom after the American Civil War. Now free, many would make a living farming, eating, and selling watermelon and even made it a symbol of their freedom. Threatened by this, Southern whites turned it into a negative racial stereotype of African-Americans’ perceived uncleanliness, laziness, and childishness. Above, you can see an example of how this stereotype was used as propaganda.

The Brute Caricature

“The Brute” caricature perceives all African-American men as animalistic, savage, destructive and criminal. They are depicted as anti-social predators, preying on helpless victims, especially white women. After the American Civil War, many Southern writers perpetuated this myth to try to convince people that slavery helped keep African-American men in line.

Angry Black Woman

The “Angry Black Woman” stereotype demeans and negatively criticizes African-American women who stand out, speak up, and try to be the best at what they do by perceiving them as angry and overly-opinionated.

The Coon

“The Coon” stereotype is quite possibly one of the most insulting, demeaning, and disgusting stereotypes of African-Americans. It describes them as lazy, easily frightened, and inarticulate buffoons. It’s been used to reduce African-Americans to children who weren’t mature enough to have freedom. Unfortunately, its permeated throughout American culture and media and continues to this day in various and veiled forms.

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