Was he aware of the extent to which those devices occasionally mimicked black stereotypes?

"Many of the white-owned companies just continued the tradition of black stereotypes," she said.

"They were racially uplifting, serious drama, and did not create black stereotypes," she said.

It's slyest, funniest move is to transpose black and white stereotypes.

The show was heavily criticized for relying on traditional black stereotypes for its humor.

At the same time, he defies all the black stereotypes that frighten many whites.

"It challenges the basic black and white stereotypes we grow up with," he said.

This juxtaposition of two black male stereotypes seems particularly simplistic.

Perry has critics, however, who claim he's playing to black stereotypes in his work.

You want to do some more black stereotypes?