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Transcript: Interview: Patricia Hill Collins discusses her book "Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender, and the New Racism"
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- Tavis Smiley (NPR)
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- March 30, 2004
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TAVIS SMILEY
Tavis Smiley (NPR)
03-30-2004
Interview: Patricia Hill Collins discusses her book "Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender, and the New Racism"
Host: TAVIS SMILEY
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
TAVIS SMILEY, host:
From NPR in Los Angeles, I'm Tavis Smiley.
Writer Patricia Hill Collins says today's pop culture mocks black sexuality and Western culture exploits a stereotype of African-Americans as oversexed beings. In a provocative new book called "Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender, and the New Racism," Collins explores how sexually charged images have been used to maintain the color line and how those images threaten to further propagate racism. Patricia Hill ...