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Word: unpick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Usage:

Before the abolition of slavery, whites felt superior to blacks. After abolition, they kept right on feeling superior -- for what other race could make such a noble gesture as abolition? When blacks appeared on monuments after abolition, they continued to kneel, looking up at their white liberators. To unpick such stereotypes and "subtexts" -- the prejudicial stories behind the images -- is the purpose of this show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Two Centuries of Stereotypes | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

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