Racial Stereotypes

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June 6, 2022
For decades, Black women have turned to a slew vaginal products to maintain feminine hygiene but few know the racist…
February 10, 2021
Call it her retirement: PepsiCo has changed the historic pancake mix and syrup brand Aunt Jemima into a new one…
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November 23, 2020
A Burt's Bees holiday ad generates controversy on social media over its depiction of Black families and the company apologizes.
August 4, 2017
A new column published on Teen Vogue claims white users online who post GIFs of Black people for their reaction…
February 1, 2016
Cam Newton stands out. At 6’5” and some 250 pounds, the Carolina Panthers quarterback has been the main focus of…
October 8, 2015
KeKe Palmer doesn't think there's anything offensive about what some are calling offensive stereotypes on Scream Queens. In fact, she…
April 8, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - On Tuesday, Martin Luther King Jr. Early College took down racially questionable posters after teachers and students…
March 10, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Recently, the hosts of the daily Fox talk show The Real dressed up in sombreros, ponchos, and…
February 15, 2015
theGrio OPINION - Has the sharing of prejudice evolved into a hip bonding ritual in 21st-century America?
March 26, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - According to Manveer Heir, a designer for Bioware Montreal, there is how ever an easy fix to…
July 21, 2013
OPINION - Black America is still grieving the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, and the sense that racial profiling…
May 21, 2013
(AP) - Sergio Garcia is apologizing for saying he would "serve fried chicken" while making a joke about having Tiger…
May 5, 2012
VIDEO - MSNBC host Melissa Harris Perry participated in this NBC special, and talked about the role that stereotypes play…
March 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Wendy Williams had some advice for her 'sister in the name of boobs,' Sherri Shepherd, after seeing…
January 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - National Urban League president Marc Morial blasted Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Tuesday, accusing him of…
November 11, 2011
OPINION - Actress Viola Davis has it right: stop calling blacks 'dignified' or 'sassy' when it isn't warranted...