Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pr…

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Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot be taken or are not allowed. ✨ bell hooks (2014). Black Looks: Race and Representation, p.170, Routledge
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Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot be taken or are not allowed. ✨ bell hooks (2014). Black Looks: Race and Representation, p.170, Routledge

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