Effective Use Of Systemic Racism In The Media

Racism is a belief that one race is superior over another. Racism is often accompanied with power; only those in power are capable to act racist. At this time, we live in a society where Eurocentric is the definition of better. We live in a society that believes white people are superior over any other race. This often creates benefits for white people, also known as white privilege. Most of the time white people have access to better opportunities with less effort. There are different types of racism, which are gendered, ideological, environmental, and reproductive. This types of racism are individual and systemic. An example of how society uses systemic racism is by using stereotypes in TV shows, movies, etc. The way media portrays minorities is based on stereotypes. Media also limits minorities to having the “say” in any of the shows. Most of the time it TV shows …show more content…
In the cartoon The Cleveland Show (channel 300 at 10:00 am) I was able to see stereotypical comments of African Americans. In this case Cleveland brown gets asked a question from his kid. The question is “Cleveland do you even know the difference between an African men and an African American?” then Cleveland responds “Of course, I know Tracy Morgan is an African because of his popped belly, droopy national geographic boobies and...” When I heard this comment I was socked by how many times people have said many negative comments about minority groups and we do not pay attention. We are so used to not paying attention to this type of comments that when we do hear them we get uncomfortable and we act surprised. People watch television shows everyday at least for an hour or more than an hour; our kids are watching this shows and this only makes me