New media, old messages: Obama and family are target of 'blackface' racism on Facebook
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 02:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Fans of Facebook hate groups, while using new media to target President Obama and his family, are relying heavily on old stereotypes of blacks as animalist, evil or shiftless including depictions of the President as a chimp or sporting a bandana and a mouth full of gold teeth, according to a Baylor University study.