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Fact or fiction? 6 myths black people believe about themselves

theGRIO REPORT – There are some within the black community that are believed and continuously passed down. Read to see of these six are fact and which are fiction…

Friday, July 29, 2011

Every culture has its potentially offensive stereotypes. Blondes are dumb. White people can’t dance. Native Americans love to gamble. All Asians are geniuses. Most Latinos are illegal immigrants.

Media outlets can perpetuate these beliefs and keep them alive for decades. But, sometimes, members of those communities perpetuate them on their own.

There are, in fact, certain stereotypes about the black community that are believed and passed down, not by outsiders, but by folks within the black community itself.

Is there a such thing as “the itis“? Does black ever “crack“? Does a large group of black people generate a lot of heat? Are black people born with rhythm? Are black people naturally more athletic than other races? Do black men really have larger penises than other men?

Read further to find out which self-perpetuating characteristics of the black community are facts and which are fiction.

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