an unhinged recap of Desperate Housewives (season two)

welcome back. i filmed this one despite it being 88 degrees inside my apartment because i am so brave. what will kill us first: sweating due to our planet's imminent death, a mysterious neighbor, or a creepy pharmacist?

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RESOURCES!
The Brute Caricature - Jim Crow Museum
https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/brut...

Popular and Pervasive Stereotypes of African Americans - National Museum of African American History and Culture (includes an excellent list of resources!)
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories...

The Cool, the Square and the Tough: The Archetypes of Black Male Characters in Mystery and Crime Novels - Gary Phillips, The Black Scholar
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41068771

Negro Stereotypes in Children's Literature: The Case of Nancy Drew - James P. Jones, Journal of Negro Education
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2966721
(although this 1971 article is older than the other provided readings, I really wanted to include a mystery-specific resource. this journal article can be read by logging into your library OR by creating a free personal jstor account, which gives you access to 100 free articles per month!)

The evolution of Black representation on television - Lori Harwood, the University of Arizona
https://news.arizona.edu/story/evolut...

The Manifestation of Black Stereotypes in Today’s Media - Mecca Mustafa, Black Explosion News
https://www.blackexplosionnews.com/bl...

Teaching About Race and the Media - Julian Hipkins III, Civil Rights Teaching
https://www.civilrightsteaching.org/t...

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