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Originally posted by TonyB06
Not just stereotypes but what we have a hand in ourselves. Our chapter president was in Switzerland on business last month and saw building-size (length) murals of A. Iverson (a Reebok ad, I think) and 50 cent, at their "menacing" best....
hey, it's marketing and making $, I understand how the game is played; but at some level we allow this to be done to ourselves. 
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Good point. Often times these images are the only ones available of Black folks in other countries.