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George The Poet: Image of black male 'very manufactured'

The "hyper-sexual, hyper-masculine, criminal, deviant, animalistic" image of the black male "poisons a community" says George The Poet.

He said "it's very manufactured" and it "doesn't reflect the situation on the ground".

George the Poet, real name George Mpanga, is a Brit award nominated spoken word artist.

This clip is originally from 5 live Afternoon Edition on January 29 2015.

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