Introducing Leticia Quaisha Sha-Nay-Nay James

Christ cannot return soon enough when a 12 foot Bronze statue depicted as over-weight/obese, with no bra, fake-hair, resting bitch face, and the stereotyped hand on hips is considered art.

In America, the history of stereotypes is long and complex, shaped by social, political, economic, and cultural forces over centuries. Simply put, stereotypes are oversimplified and fixed ideas about a group of people that are used to justify inequality, discrimination, and even violence. Judd and Park (1993) defined stereotypes as follows:

“…an individu…