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What are they really learning from the images they watch?80

Does television reflect society or does society reflect television?

It's an ongoing debate. Does television accurately reflect our society, or does society reflect television?

29 comments    women on television
As skanky as they wanna be88

Common Halloween Costume Stereotypes And The People Who Wear Them, An Illustrated Guide

An illustrated overview of the most popular and hilarious Halloween costume sterotypes that you'll probably see this year.

56 comments    halloween hubmob costume
The August 31, 1987  issue of Time Magazine 77

Asians: The "Model Minority"

"Asian-American" is a fairly new term. Although Asians immigrated to North America as early as the 1600's from the South Pacific, and China, Asian-Americans have only recieved recent recognition as being part...

0 comments    culture media society
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Racism in the Church 2010 Style?!

I know that I am now living in the deep south. As a matter of fact as far south as one can go geographically speaking. Florida is as far south as one can travel and still say that they live in the United...

29 comments    church florida change
mcamp profile image85

Stereotype Threat and the White Basketball Player

While observing the recent NCAA basketball tournament and the recently begun NBA playoffs, I marvel at the diversity that has broken through in the game of basketball. Not too long ago (in fact, only three...

10 comments    sports basketball why
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Why Are All Ugly People Evil?

Behold the above painting!Pieter Bruegel the Elder represents the Biblical fall of the rebel angels with a binary physiognomy. The mythological tale is that some angels rebelled against God--either out of...

4 comments    beauty good evil
French government warning on cigarettes "smoking kills."78

6 Myths About the French

There are many myths that are told about the French people that are told in the US and a lot of people think this stuff is true… when it’s actually not. So I’m going to clear some of these up here in...

2 comments    americans myth shave
The famous March 1936 photo by Dorothea Lange commonly called Migrant Mother (photos this page public domain)85

Tobacco Road - Poverty and Humor

"Tobacco Road" is the dirt road farmers hauled their harvested tobacco crops along to the market for sale. It means povry and pain. The crops were originally hauled in animal powered wagons during the Plantation Era in the American South. Sometimes, when there were no draft animals left, African slaves themselves pulled the wagons...

4 comments    north carolina comic strip
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Dumb Blonde Stereotype--Myth or Fact

Being a natural blonde, I have always taken somewhat an affront to the dumb blonde stereotype. If you're a blonde reading this you're probably thinking, "Me too!" and if you're of another hair color you might...

31 comments    health education children
Niveah Believes profile image62

Pretty for a Black Girl

Today another person called me beautiful... Her almond cut hazel eyes stared at me in awe. I watched as her mesmerized pupils percolated in center of the golden irises, brightened by subtle peridot...

0 comments    beauty attraction self esteem
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