The role of black women in the context of young black male rioting is something which is often neglected. ... Young males who are unable to fulfil their male role as workers are therefore reconstructed as an idle, criminal and socially excluded 'under class,' and this is a reading which can be applied both to the events of London and Ferguson and to the discourse which shaped them. ... The gender division of labour is nevertheless something which emerges in such class contexts, with pressures on young males in particular to be seen as bread-winners being something which might contr...

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On the other hand, this musician had a major impact in the wide view of television and participated in some shows on Broadway, and movies with musical roles from ''Pennies from Heaven'' in 1936 to ''Hello, Dolly'' in 1969. ...

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Published in 1972, "Reflections on the Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves", by Angela Davis, discusses ideological origins of the black slave woman's characterization as aggressive and matriarchal by white scholars. ...

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