The council works to discover and encourage minority writers and to confront stereotypes in books for children.
He also confronted stereotypes about urban youth and encouraged student empowerment.
In 2008 he was commissioned by the broadcaster Nick Ross to produce a series of ten paintings called "Black is White" to confront racial stereotypes.
"But by and large," he said, "fathers still have to confront stereotypes held by many that a child's place is with its mother."
There is always a moment in time when society was not ready to confront stereotypes.
It's brilliantly acted, very funny, sometimes sad and confronts sentimental stereotypes.
At the same time, they confront racial stereotypes within contemporary American society.
That was by no means the last time Mr. Abdellah and his associates have been forced to confront racial stereotypes.
Acknowledging the audience, the actors flip in and out of character, confronting racial stereotypes, expressing the fury of black-white relations.