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[The Straight Story]

And I agree pretty much - but I can say that I have seen, more so with TV/Movies than print, stereotypes in how other races are displayed.

I don't personally think it is prevalent, but then I have never really studied it :)

I could probably, if I looked enough, find something similar from the other side of the fence; to wit, white characters being portrayed as the bad guy, people with money being evil, people of faith being shown as evil, etc and so on.

The problem, as in sports like hockey for example, is exposure and participation.

Instead of white authors portraying other races to balance out the perception of prejudice perhaps we should find ways to get more people of other races and backgrounds to write (as you so eloquently wrote about above).

But again - I don't think it hurts to have the discussion, especially when we start seeing stereotypes bubbling up and miss a chance to educate and broaden peoples minds.