As the media continues portraying certain racial groups in certain ways, we continue to see these stereotypes as normal without giving it a second though. For example, many people tend to relate African Americans to gangs and drugs, and Muslims to terrorism. These perceptions are ridiculous, but as the media continues to feed them to us over and over again, we begin to believe them.
Racial stereotypes occur in all forms of advertising, music, and even children's television. Many advertisements use white models or give subtle hints involving racism. Rap artists give the impression that all African Americans are savages, do illegal things, and hate the police. Children's television shows show the evil witches and bad guys as dark and ugly, and as the princesses and main characters as clean-cut and white. The Native Americans are portrayed as illiterate and scary. What messages are we sending to children about diversity and equality when making these shows and videos?
The media needs to stop associating each race with its typical stereotype and start changing roles as well as giving us more diversity. Maybe then we can stop fearing and judging one another by how we look based on how the media portrays us.
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Stereotyped Natives Americans in Peter Pan
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I totally agree with this! Racism is still out there, just as it has always been but by this day in age, it should be changing and everyone should feel as though they belong. No one should feel bad about how they look nor should anyone judge others based on how things used to be between races.
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