How Highly Influences Society's Attitudes Towards Racism?

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Why are the top stories in the news always negative and geared towards pointing out struggle between white and black? Is it because society is only interested in hearing about what is going wrong in the world, or is the media trying to create controversy and increase racial tensions? There are many stories in the news related to racism: police brutality, education, crime; the media has a way of portraying these matters or specific incidents to indicate that America is racist. What might happen if the media, specifically, and society in general, were to focus on the good aspects of our world and the positive sacrifices that individuals make to create a better world? I neither want to be so naïve to say that racism doesn’t exist, nor do I want to imply that there are not specific incidents of racism, but I do feel like the media’s representation of the news strongly influences society’s attitude towards racism. If the media doesn’t disclose all the facts related to a story or give equal attention to …show more content…
The police officer told the kids about the call and said he didn’t have a problem with the kids playing basketball and joined them in their game; the camera on the dashboard of his police cruiser captured him on video interacting and shooting hoops with the kids. Not once in the story was it mentioned that the kids were black and the officer was white - the fact that the kids were black and the officer was white didn’t matter, but if the officer had gone to the scene with a completely different attitude and the video showed any controversy or violence those facts may have been disclosed by the media. Often times the only way to get the media’s attention is for something terrible to happen, something that can be used to further promote perceived

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