“No one but ourselves can free our minds." –Bob MarleyThe battle between internal and external racism still exists after years of protest and fight for future generations. Racism internal is present in black communities across various areas. This coincides with internal jealousy among blacks. External racism is outside the black community, which is how society looks at African Americans the negative stereotypes that some blacks have adapted to their culture while others try to exclude themselves from the following stereotypes: drug dealers, criminals, stupid, ignorant, poor, athletic, religious and musically gifted Non-African American Americans who choose to listen to African American stereotypes say basically that they only have to meet one African American know what everyone else is like This is a big problem for African Americans who don't even meet the criteria of these stereotypes. All African Americans are judged one way. Are Black men recognized for their positive contributions and their brains beneath their bodies? “There is no study that shows that African Americans are not as intelligent or hardworking as whites” (Senghas). Many African American men do not get equal opportunities in the hiring process because of their race and the stereotypes behind them as lazy and criminals. Society fails to identify how hard African Americans work to get a job or when they have one just to avoid discrimination. Not all stereotypes are negative, but the main ones that influence the way people look at the black race are. Stereotypes that African Americans are athletic, religious, and musically gifted are actually positive until people outside the black community... at the center of the paper... Jealousy." MyBrotha.COM - Magazine For Black Men and the black community. March 04, 2004. December 03, 2010. Rome, Dennis Black Demons: The Media's Representation of the African-American Male Criminal Stereotype Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. Senghas, Sarah "Racial Stereotypes in the Media." Yahoo, 26 May 2003. 04 December 2010. .Smith, George Edmond. Walking Proud: Black Men Living beyond the Stereotypes. New York: Kensington Pub., 2001.Thomas, Deborah A “Modern Blackness: “What We Are and What We Hope to Do be"." Small Ax 6.2 (2002): 25-48Vincent, Mal. "Yellowman: Confronts the Pain of Racism.". 2010