The ghetto culture machine
What goes wrong when stereotypes become part of the mainstream
College and high school students throw "ghetto parties," at which white kids in blackface wear diamonds around their necks and grills on their teeth. Comedian Michael Richards utters a racial epithet on a comedy stage after some black men heckle him. Radio personality Don Imus calls the black members of Rutgers University's women's basketball team "nappy-headed ho s." (Full article: 1256 words)
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