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Racism in mass media

Black Lives Televised

by Henry Louis Gates Jr.,

I can remember as a child sitting upstairs in my bedroom and hearing my mother shout at the top of her voice that someone “colored . . . colored!” was on the…

Portraits in Black

by Henry Louis Gates Jr.,

From Amos ’n’ Andy to Coonskin

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