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Come on, how? Attitudes aren't formed by culture? That's strange. Do you also think the same thing about minstrel shows? Were they entirely epiphenomenal, or did they have the effect of transmitting stereotypes about black people that, when consumed, tended to reinforce prevalent attitudes about race?Yeah, I guess it’s also all these violent video games too. Come on man.
I don't know how someone could a) think that Hollywood depictions of black people were harmful; and b) not think that the depiction of women in hip-hop is not harmful. Maybe you think the former is also epiphenomenal? That it doesn't really matter when there's an amazing action movie happening at the top of a huge office building while a black guy named Argyle is chilling in his limo in the basement? And Die Hard even gets a little credit for making the baddies' tech wiz a black guy (I don't know if I had seen that before).