Sentences with phrase «broke racial stereotypes»

She put Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight together in «Midnight Cowboy,» and broke racial stereotypes with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the «Lethal Weapon» series.

Not exact matches

While the original film had the breaking of racial stereotypes in mind, this updated version has it more in mind to have fun with them for the sake of the comedy.

Work toward embracing the diversity of your students, and when you're ready to dive deeper, check out the video playlist below to learn how talk about racial stereotypes constructively with your students, break down assumptions, and bring people together.

The guidelines state that «[r] acially diverse schools provide incalculable educational and civic benefits by promoting cross-racial understanding, breaking down racial and other stereotypes, and eliminating bias and prejudice.»

Generally made with pen and ink on graph paper, Pope.L's Skin Set works from the late 1990s and into the 2010s offer sharp, sometimes witty critiques of the absurdity of racial stereotypes and references to skin color (i.e «Black People are the Window and the Breaking of the Window,» «Blue People Can not Conceive of Themselves,» «White People Are Angles on Fire»).

Meanwhile, Lorna Simpson, Adrian Piper, and MacArthur «genius» grant winners Kara Walker and Carrie Mae Weems made powerful work that broke down gender and racial stereotypes of the black woman, one of the most marginalized identities in American culture.