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So ‘Ratchet’ is the NEW Black?

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 African American, CA, Cyerra Hawkins, female, is the new, new black, ratchet, Riverside, stereotypes

Cyerra Hawkins
Riverside, CA

I’m a African American female and I am irritated behind the fact that people associate African american women as loud and verbose. people are people we all have different personalities and ways of expressing ourselves. Stop with the categorizing and that is for any race or ethnicity. Vicious stereotypes have been used used on African american women for centuries have been taught to the younger generation and perceived in a jokingly way. Be yourself. Do not live up to the stereotypes just to fit in or be cool.
CBU HIS311

Red is NOT ‘the new black’

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 badger, Black, is the new, Joni Graves, mash-up, red, Spring Green, Tony Robinson, UW-Madison, WI

Joni Graves,
Spring Green, WI.

I made this mash-up design for a t-shirt after an unfortunate coincidence in my email inbox. Prior to today’s announcement by the DA in the shooting of Tony Robinson, and two minutes after the UW-Madison Chancellor’s email “Campus resources for the Tony Robinson decision”, I received a “Badger Voice” newsletter email from the Alumni Association with a picture of four bright red t-shirt designs and the headline “Red is the New Black” (a “fashion cliche” that, according to a 2004 column by William Safire, probably goes back to the mid-1990s). Under the circumstances, I wanted to say “red is NOT ‘the new black'”.