Throughout my entire life I have always been in situations where I am always aware of the color of my skin. People are not as color blind as they claim to be. People claim that the color of people’s skin does not matter. This however is not the case. The first thing people notice about one another is their race. We live in a society where people’s perceptions of one another are based on the color of their skin, if people are a certain color they have to act a certain way. Growing up I have always asked myself who am I? What is my purpose in life? One thing that always came up when I asked myself this question is race. Because of my race I have negative connotations attached to me. I always making a conscious effort not to act like the way people
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The media depicts black people being loud, lazy, ghetto and ignorant. Currently, when black people are portrayed in television, they are mad, ignorant and loud. An example of this is Love and Hip Hop. This show does not depict black people positively at all. They always perceive black women as being loud, always arguing with one another and calling each other female dogs. There is no sense of black unity at all. Love and Hip Hop always depicts black people as being divided. One question people always asks when it comes to blacks being poorly depicted in the media is “is it their fault”. In Brainwashed by Tom Burrell discusses black people in the media. He also writes about is black people portraying one another this way a form of self-hate? Burrell argues “There is no stronger social force, no greater mind setter, no more effective influencer than conventional media. Films like other forms of pop culture, reflect how artists see the world…When we examine music videos produced as blacks that cast us as either pimps, whores but hardly as fully human or movies that portray black women as fat, loud vulgarities, we recognize that we’re still trapped in a perfect storm of self-hate.” Most of the Love and Hip Hop show black people mainly women arguing and fighting one another. My question when I first watched this TV show is; is this the way we want people to view the black community? When I was in class one year, people were talking about how all black women are angry, ignorant and loud. I asked them where did they get this assumption from and they replied “Love and Hip Hop”. Then I began to think if that show is the only impression of black people then of course they are going to assume that. However, this portrayal of black people in the media has not altered my views because I know that everyone does not fit the stereo type. I for one do not fit that stereo
The media depicts black people being loud, lazy, ghetto and ignorant. Currently, when black people are portrayed in television, they are mad, ignorant and loud. An example of this is Love and Hip Hop. This show does not depict black people positively at all. They always perceive black women as being loud, always arguing with one another and calling each other female dogs. There is no sense of black unity at all. Love and Hip Hop always depicts black people as being divided. One question people always asks when it comes to blacks being poorly depicted in the media is “is it their fault”. In Brainwashed by Tom Burrell discusses black people in the media. He also writes about is black people portraying one another this way a form of self-hate? Burrell argues “There is no stronger social force, no greater mind setter, no more effective influencer than conventional media. Films like other forms of pop culture, reflect how artists see the world…When we examine music videos produced as blacks that cast us as either pimps, whores but hardly as fully human or movies that portray black women as fat, loud vulgarities, we recognize that we’re still trapped in a perfect storm of self-hate.” Most of the Love and Hip Hop show black people mainly women arguing and fighting one another. My question when I first watched this TV show is; is this the way we want people to view the black community? When I was in class one year, people were talking about how all black women are angry, ignorant and loud. I asked them where did they get this assumption from and they replied “Love and Hip Hop”. Then I began to think if that show is the only impression of black people then of course they are going to assume that. However, this portrayal of black people in the media has not altered my views because I know that everyone does not fit the stereo type. I for one do not fit that stereo