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in preserving white male supremacy, by labeling black males as sexual predators and women as vulnerable children. Moreover, Fredman discusses how black males began to be prominently depicted—both in text and in illustrations—as “primitive” and lecherous, with white males being considered more sexually “civilized,” (467).
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