_Personal morals_: Double standard of morals and ethics, i.e., one for his behavior toward Negroes and another for his behavior toward whites; in sexual conduct, higher interest in sex, high sexual indulgence, and larger sphere of permissive sexual relations. _Family and home life_: Relatively low solidarity; high frequency of common-law matings and separations; role of mother strong; warmth of affection toward children; high rate of illegitimacy. _Religion and the supernatural_: Rather high emotional tone; personalization of God and saints; high interest in “superstition”--i.e., belief in various supernatural forces and ways of controlling them. _Law observance_: Relatively high incidence of social disorder; drunkenness, fighting, gambling, petty stealing, etc.; resentment against the white man’s law. _Public manners_: Tendency toward extroversion in public contact; easy sociability, loud talk; relative carelessness in speech and dress. _Race pride_: Not yet highly developed; inferiority feelings common; acceptance of white standards of physical beauty to a large extent. _Race consciousness and leadership_: Lack of cohesion; high intragroup conflict and cleavage; distrust of leaders; lack of strong race-wide leadership. Now, what does Dr. Johnson say about this Negro “stereotype”? Insofar as the list of characteristics has any validity, he comments, it is more applicable to the Negro masses than to the minority of highly sophisticated and acculturated Negroes. But how much validity does it have? Here was the shocker. For Dr. Johnson himself noted that these same characteristics had been attributed to the Negro by both white and Negro writers; and this being so, “there is more than a slight presumption in favor of the reality of the characteristics.” He suggested that the Myrdal associates “assume that after all there is _some_ truth or basis of reality to the traits which are persistently mentioned in literature and in popular thinking.”