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What’s in a word? How to confront 150 years of racial stereotypes
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What’s in a word? How to confront 150 years of racial stereotypes

Don’t Call Me Resilient · The Conversation, Vinita Srivastava, Cheryl Thompson

February 3, 202133m 36s

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Show Notes

We keep hearing stories about white and non-Black people – including academics – somehow thinking it's ok to use the n-word. Ryerson University Professor Cheryl Thompson, author of ‘Uncle: Race, Nostalgia and the Politics of Loyalty,’ joins us to discuss how North American society spent the last 150 years creating racist stereotypes and language, how they continue to persist today – and what we might do to help stop it.

Show notes:
https://theconversation.com/whats-in-a-word-how-to-confront-150-years-of-racial-stereotypes-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-1-153790

Cheryl’s related article: How ‘Uncle Tom’ still impacts racial politics
https://theconversation.com/how-uncle-tom-still-impacts-racial-politics-152201

Full transcript:
https://theconversation.com/whats-in-a-word-how-to-confront-150-years-of-racial-stereotypes-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-1-transcript-154541

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