Racial Stereotypes In Art

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In my opinion, based on race, gender, and class artworks that depict stereotypes are usually perpetuate the idea rather than challenging them. Artists address stereotype and identify gender and race in a verity of ways to propagate their idea all around the world. For instance, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima, by Betye Saar is one of the artists who made a collage that depicts an African American in many ways. Another artwork that directly depicted racial stereotypes in a traditional way is the photographs of "From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried" by Carrie Mae Weems. She explored issues of race, class, and gender, portraying the African American photograph through her work depiction of racial stereotypes and use of historical references.

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