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There are a plethora of myths out there about black people, but the question is, which ones are actually true? For years, the black community has been inundated with oxymoronic myths that just continue as the years go on. At some point, someone needs to stop and say, How can all black people be lazy…

There are a plethora of myths out there about black people, but the question is, which ones are actually true? For years, the black community has been inundated with oxymoronic myths that just continue as the years go on. At some point, someone needs to stop and say, How can all black people be lazy if theyโ€™re all extremely athletic? Or, how can all black people spend the majority of their time running if theyโ€™re supposed to be inside singing? It gets a bit hard to understand the myths if theyโ€™re all contradicting each other, donโ€™t you think?

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So from watermelon to welfare, Black Enterprise is exploring ten of the black communityโ€™s most popular urban legends while thinking, Doesnโ€™t it just make you want to scream?

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