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Word: reinforcing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...read Kit Troyer's review of "Black Rain," I learned that this tradition continues. It was the height of irony to find that in the same review of a movie denounced for "reinforc[ing] some long-standing racial stereotypes," the author describes one character as a "Japanese mafioso." Does the Editorial Board (which offered no disclaimer) express the belief that criminals worldwide owe their existence to an illicit network originating on Sicily at the turn of this century? Or is your belief that Italians are in general archetypal criminals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Mafioso' Use Racist | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

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