Everday we walk past numerous people, and never do we once stop to question how life must be for them. As a society we have become numb to each others problems, and created sides so divided that even listening to each others arugements are no longer an option. We have screaming matches on live television, and devalue each others experiences without even considering how damaging it is to particular communities. We’ve cultivated a society who is ignorant to the truths of a different cultures, and live off preconcived sterotypes from film and shows. We dehumanize others simply because we lack the initative to listen to the experiences of others, which creates a futher divide. So what happens when we spend time to gain a deeper understanding of
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Sterotypes are products from the lack of knowledge of culture, which creates damaging effects for furture generations within that particular community. In fact one interviewee, Diana, who was born in the Philipines and raised in the States, explains, “As a Philipino I seldom see myself repersented on tv shows or movies, but if there are asians being repersented most of the time they are poorly portrayed.” She continues to explain that majority of the time the asian community is boiled down into three countries: China, Japan, and Korea, and even then those countries aren’t even correctly represented. Asia is a vast continent made up of 48 countries that is home to various specific ethnic groups and cultures, but somehow the media still seems to overlook these communities rich histories, and creates a whitewashed version instead. Which raises the question: why tamper with historical legends or take away the potential repersentation that would be vital to the younger to the Asian generation. This was a topic Diana stressed, that Hollywood needs to hire actual asian actors, because a white actor or actress who is crudely yellowfaced is not be able to embody or completely understand the pride and struggles of being Asian. In addition, Hollywood needs to take the time learn the history of various Asian cultures because some countries have been colonized, which has either forced the country to hold onto their customs or …show more content…
He explains the idea of the “latin lover,” which is the sterotype of handsome and passionate of Latin or European origin to the Italian American family who either own a pizza shop or is apart of the mafia has created this distorted idea of what the Italian culture is really like. He futher informs me that these sterotypes can be amended through gaining an understanding of the history, values, and contributions of Italian cultures. Flippo further expands by stating: “Learn what we are passionate about, elaborate on the great acheivements of Italy, and not the just the banal things,” and while he admits this is a task the would be difficult to fufill he stresses the media must obtain more that just a basic understanding in order to “shape characters differently” as he puts it. The portayal of Italian characters in film and television who barely speak fragments of English or speak a sterotypical Italian accent is overused and boring. Similar to Diana, he urges that the repersenation of his community be better expressed, and this can only occur when the media takes the time to learn Italian culture from more than a surface level
Sterotypes are products from the lack of knowledge of culture, which creates damaging effects for furture generations within that particular community. In fact one interviewee, Diana, who was born in the Philipines and raised in the States, explains, “As a Philipino I seldom see myself repersented on tv shows or movies, but if there are asians being repersented most of the time they are poorly portrayed.” She continues to explain that majority of the time the asian community is boiled down into three countries: China, Japan, and Korea, and even then those countries aren’t even correctly represented. Asia is a vast continent made up of 48 countries that is home to various specific ethnic groups and cultures, but somehow the media still seems to overlook these communities rich histories, and creates a whitewashed version instead. Which raises the question: why tamper with historical legends or take away the potential repersentation that would be vital to the younger to the Asian generation. This was a topic Diana stressed, that Hollywood needs to hire actual asian actors, because a white actor or actress who is crudely yellowfaced is not be able to embody or completely understand the pride and struggles of being Asian. In addition, Hollywood needs to take the time learn the history of various Asian cultures because some countries have been colonized, which has either forced the country to hold onto their customs or …show more content…
He explains the idea of the “latin lover,” which is the sterotype of handsome and passionate of Latin or European origin to the Italian American family who either own a pizza shop or is apart of the mafia has created this distorted idea of what the Italian culture is really like. He futher informs me that these sterotypes can be amended through gaining an understanding of the history, values, and contributions of Italian cultures. Flippo further expands by stating: “Learn what we are passionate about, elaborate on the great acheivements of Italy, and not the just the banal things,” and while he admits this is a task the would be difficult to fufill he stresses the media must obtain more that just a basic understanding in order to “shape characters differently” as he puts it. The portayal of Italian characters in film and television who barely speak fragments of English or speak a sterotypical Italian accent is overused and boring. Similar to Diana, he urges that the repersenation of his community be better expressed, and this can only occur when the media takes the time to learn Italian culture from more than a surface level