[lbo-talk] Contemporary forms of female self-objectification

John Lacny jlacny at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 19 10:51:18 PDT 2005


Charles Brown asks:


> What are stereotypical examples of Black men as puritans and
> sexless ?

The "Sambo" and especially the "Tom" stereotypes, loyal and happy servants, were definitely sexless if not puritanical. Contrast this with the "coon" or especially the "Mandingo" stereotype, of black men who didn't know their place and were sexually "threatening."

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