[Natasha C.]

I think it’s highly likely that your boss gets his views on black Americans from TV, and music videos in particular. For some reason, I’ve noticed that a lot of hip-hop artists are choosing to portray themselves as the stereotypical ‘ignorant n*****’, using the n-word continuously throughout their songs, which pisses me off royally. I am black from the Caribbean, and English is not my first language. The english that I was thought was British, and consequently, I’ve been told that I sound ‘like a white girl,’ just because I speak proper English. As if somehow proper English equals white person. I believe that as long as the media and rapstars keep perpetuating this whole ‘ghetto,’ ‘raised-in-the-hood’ kind of picture of blacks, black people in real life will have a hard time overcoming all the little (and big) prejudices that are just rampant everywhere in this country.

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Name : Natasha C., Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Catholic, Age : 25, City : O-town, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Circulation Specialist, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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