stereotype

“Some of the traditional, statistical stereotypes that you might have associated with the U.S. versus the Europeans might not hold,” Aquino says.

Ms. Foggie-Barnett, who knew Harris well, says in the catalog, “His mission was not only to cover the news but also to simultaneously counter the stereotypes African Americans were subjected to in the traditional press.”

In the section Nguyen read that night, the main character challenges stereotypes of Vietnamese characters in a film, an attempt that is quickly shut down by a Hollywood executive.

Another persistent stereotype is that Lucumí is all about “black magic” or throwing curses at your enemies.

“Anybody who moves into any neighborhood can be a safety issue. You can’t be stereotyping just ‘cause it’s an RV park.”