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There was a myth spread by slave owners saying that slaves were content with their life. According to the myth, some slaves were even willing to be subjected to the conditions they faced.

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Blackface is when non-black performers use makeup to represent black people by exaggerating and mocking stereotypes.

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The "Mammy" was a stereotype depicting black women that did housework and raised children. It represents her as a willing servant to the household and that she was eager to handle these tasks.

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After all of the work that was put in to make America see black people as equal (like abolitionism and the civil rights movement of the 1960's), it's sad to see how prevalent the stereotypes still are in culture.

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The Jezebel stereotype was the thought that black women were lewd, promiscuous, and hypersexual, where white women symbolized purity and innocence.

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White superiority is the thought that white people are superior to black people. Thankfully, this belief is falling out of popularity and is considered heinous.

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It's astonishing and alarming to see how prevalent racism was, and still is.

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The word "pickaninny" is a deeply racist slur used to refer to a black child.

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We need to learn from the past and learn why these things are wrong so we don't repeat them in the future. It's scary to see how many people still hold these racist beliefs.

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The racist stereotypes were so engrained in culture back then.