reproduce, both oppressor and oppressed have to play the societal roles given to them.
In the colonial context, whites have to be seen as superior and blacks as inferior. The propagandized images are that black men are oversexed, dangerous, unintelligent fools destined for criminality. Black women are oversexed breeders, mammies, or angry; and they both need the white person to attain human status and thus autonomy.
Does our commodification of these words in song, movies, and everyday language only add to our oppression and thus stress? Ask yourself these questions:
Was the use of these words necessary for the song/movie to be good?
Count how many times the words are used?
How do the images I’m seeing contribute to stereotypes?