OPINION: Jared Leto’s New Netflix Yakuza Movie Trades On Busted Stereotypes
Netflix is selling a new Jared Leto film using some of the oldest Hollywood stereotypes.
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Young, Black, And Tired of White Ignorance
It’s 2017 and some people are still extremely ignorant about race. I get that some people get off on asking ignorant things, but that doesn’t mean I need to give them attention.
I Don’t Fit Your Stereotypes. So Why Can’t I Escape Them?
As an African-American teen, I often feel like I’m walking around with a big target sign on my head.
REDEFINED: Oakland Speaks on Stereotypes
Some Youth Radio students went around Downtown Oakland and asked people if others look at them differently based on the way they are dressed, or by their race and gender.
Rejecting My Native Language
“In middle school, I came up with this brilliant plan to defy all Asian stereotypes. I was loud. I hid my high test scores… And I stopped speaking Chinese.”
How ‘Positive’ Stereotypes Hurt Asian-Americans Like Me
It shouldn’t be a newsflash that not all Asian-Americans do well in school, but the model minority stereotype makes the actual problems in these communities invisible.
The Myth of the Model Minority
The myth of the “model minority” is an ever-more prevailing topic in this day and age. My dad’s generation was the pioneers India to United States migration. The growing population of Indian Americans has turned my people into a prominent minority, but that comes with severe injustice and prejudices targeted at Indian Americans.
Sisters not Stereotypes
The relationship between sisters is one of the closest and most publicized dynamics in our society. Sisters share everything- clothes, makeup, a house, and almost always, looks. My story with my sister is different from this stereotypical version.
Letter To My City
They portray us teenagers as “bad kids, troublemakers, gangbangers, killers or just a terrible society in general” when really it’s only a few teenagers that fits into that category.