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Noun
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Opening statements are expected to begin Tuesday in the trial of Brendan Banfield, a former IRS special agent who is accused of orchestrating a grisly double murder to conceal an affair with his family's au pair.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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The Brazilian au pair accused of collaborating with a Virginia man to kill his wife and another man in an elaborate scheme testified Tuesday about the details of the plan.—
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In colonial days, many families had a lifelong helper known as an amah (after the Portuguese word for nurse).—
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These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.—
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The mammy stereotype, which desexualized both dark skinned enslaved and free women (who were often in domestic roles), made muting Black beauty the norm.—
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“Bonne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonne. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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