Transcript: Black Stereotypes Abound in Aftermath of Simpson Case

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Commentator Karen Grigsby Bates bemoans mainstream America's misconceptions about African-Americans, exacerbated by the verdict in the Simpson trial, and perpetuated by the media.

LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Los Angeles commentator Karen Grigsby Bates has spent the last two days on network television discussing the O.J. Simpson verdict, and she is growing weary of the whole affair.

KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, Commentator: Yesterday, after I finished my stint at Camp O.J., my driver, a nice man named Phillip, took me home and mused about the significance of the verdict. `Well,' he sighed, in his clipped, British accent, `It's a sad day for American justice.' ...

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