Representations of African Americans in Media: in the past and now
Individuals have been labeling things since the stone ages to entertain or occupy themselves in their free time. The consequences of these classifications are the current cultural stereotypes that highlight the variances between people of unlike nationalities. Based on recent movies and television shows one would believe that the United States is not diverse at all looking from outside American culture into American culture. Media illustrations, each race in certain circumstances blacks shown only when needing an oversexed woman or thuggish man. Media makes sure that blacks are represented in this way allows the others to lower their expectations of African American overshadowing …show more content…
Grandy also noticed that caucasin Americans received more government assistance then African Americans such as health care and housing. Many interactions that young African Americans have with older white Americans are quick and short lived. Older white americans who grew up in the early 20th century a environment that showed blacks in a negative light, constantly so you would expect for this generation to think much differently. The main pictures whites view of blacks are including blackfaced mammies, southern woman who work for white families and raise their children or blackfaced minstrels, young men who are always playing and never own up to responsiblities. There are also other common stereotypes in the media today including thuggish, underclass black men and angry black woman who is only worried about staying on welfare. Even though, both of these examples seem to be aged to some readers, they are very much still relevant among the other negative characteristics were television shows such as Power and Love and Hip …show more content…
For another example of how society praise glamorization, a show that I personally watched as a teen, Americas Next Top Model (ANTM), was known for has extremly thin woman in which the winner primarily is a caucasian woman. This show is actually a remarkable example of gender roles in the current society we live in. Many of the photo shoots relate to all sorts of topics violence, art, fashion and even death. . As mentioned before, for example Love and Hip Hop, in Love and Hip Hop all of the women are worried about physical images and the man on their arms whereas the men are considered with money and women’s bodies. Both groups fascinations highlight the need to have an ehanced personal image. By media showing images that only include the massive stereotypes mentioned earlier, they cause adolescents to believe that this is the definition of beauty and is the only “look” that is accepted by the
Individuals have been labeling things since the stone ages to entertain or occupy themselves in their free time. The consequences of these classifications are the current cultural stereotypes that highlight the variances between people of unlike nationalities. Based on recent movies and television shows one would believe that the United States is not diverse at all looking from outside American culture into American culture. Media illustrations, each race in certain circumstances blacks shown only when needing an oversexed woman or thuggish man. Media makes sure that blacks are represented in this way allows the others to lower their expectations of African American overshadowing …show more content…
Grandy also noticed that caucasin Americans received more government assistance then African Americans such as health care and housing. Many interactions that young African Americans have with older white Americans are quick and short lived. Older white americans who grew up in the early 20th century a environment that showed blacks in a negative light, constantly so you would expect for this generation to think much differently. The main pictures whites view of blacks are including blackfaced mammies, southern woman who work for white families and raise their children or blackfaced minstrels, young men who are always playing and never own up to responsiblities. There are also other common stereotypes in the media today including thuggish, underclass black men and angry black woman who is only worried about staying on welfare. Even though, both of these examples seem to be aged to some readers, they are very much still relevant among the other negative characteristics were television shows such as Power and Love and Hip …show more content…
For another example of how society praise glamorization, a show that I personally watched as a teen, Americas Next Top Model (ANTM), was known for has extremly thin woman in which the winner primarily is a caucasian woman. This show is actually a remarkable example of gender roles in the current society we live in. Many of the photo shoots relate to all sorts of topics violence, art, fashion and even death. . As mentioned before, for example Love and Hip Hop, in Love and Hip Hop all of the women are worried about physical images and the man on their arms whereas the men are considered with money and women’s bodies. Both groups fascinations highlight the need to have an ehanced personal image. By media showing images that only include the massive stereotypes mentioned earlier, they cause adolescents to believe that this is the definition of beauty and is the only “look” that is accepted by the