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erroneous and distorted, which proves as a liability for many Asian Americans. The Model Minority stereotype unintentionally downplays and degrades other nationalities. Therefore, Asian Americans bear a higher vulnerability to harassment, hate crime, and discrimination compared to other ethnic groups on top of the huge encumbrance parents and society has already placed…

A Talented Writer Susan Beth Pfeffer, a talented writer who has worked her hardest to be what she has become, a writer that makes readers happy to be reading her books. Born on February 2nd, 1948 at New York City from a middle-class family and raised in Woodmere, NY has one older brother. Her family originally lived in Queens before moving to a city called Woodmere in Long Island Southeastern from New York. Pfeffer’s father, Leo, a lawyer and her mom Freda Plotkin, a secretary.…

minutes to tell you all what the name Kobe Bryant means to the world of sports. Growing up African-American you can be faced with the…

them believable. Representation is also seen in television shows and films, which also educate us in a sense but mostly stereotypically. These representations can leave negative connotations and even if minorities do speak up they are often ignored. The chosen example for this…

Godzilla is a monster from a series of films produced by the Japanese company Toho. The character first appear in the 1954 movie Godzilla, this is where Godzilla became known worldwide. Godzilla is now in 29 movies more to come, he is in graphic novels, videogames, and television shows. Godzilla is often known as a king of monsters. Godzilla was awoken and empowered by nuclear radiation, with the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Godzilla usually destroys Tokyo, but it does not…

in the history of television was The Jeffersons. The Jefferson family owned a chain of dry-cleaning businesses. From the help of their business, the African American family was able to “move on up” to a fancy uptown apartment. (Garrison- The Evolution) This show changed the stereotype that most Americans had that all African Americans were poor. The show not only proved to Americans that African Americans can be successful, but it also featured an interracial couple. The series led to many…

The 2000 Presidential election was the first time George W. Bush ran for president. He ran against Dick Cheney and won. The electoral votes were 271-266 with George having more. This was a significant election because it was the 4th election in all of American history where the candidate that had more electoral votes did not have more popular votes. In the 2008 Presidential Election first time candidate Barack Obama went against John McCain. Obama was the democratic candidate and John was the…

Media has been continuously changing through the years. Media is defined on Dictionary.com (2016) as “the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet, that reach or influence people widely”. The earlier forms of television were a black and white picture; the quality of the image was poor and the effects were often far from realistic. As technology advanced along with producers’ abilities to create more realistic effects restrictions and rules had to…

Living in a world powered by technology one is able to live a well informed life without necessarily having an education. In the world of today one can access the news through the internet, television, radio, mobile phone apps and social media. While each hold different credibility, the answer to any question can be found if googled correctly. It may feel as though humans are the ones in control with all of this wealth of information, but are we really? Any one who has the right amount of power…

Real Husbands of Hollywood In the late 90s and early 2000s Television channels started to get blan and was becoming difficult to come up with original TV series so they started to created reality TV shows. There were different types of reality shows like “Survivor” where contestants were stranded on a remote island and had to use their nature skills to survivor. Later on MTV and BET decided to to join the trends with TV shows such as “The Real World” and “College Hill”. These shows choose a…