Media Matters for America

As I watch the news and see how the black people of America talk about how “Black Lives Matter”, it breaks my heart. I can’t believe how far we have fallen from. Yes, as a black woman, living in America, I do at times fear for my life when I am stopped by a police officer these days, but I’m not alone. I do feel like that black lives matter but I also feel that all lives matter. I feel that it is not just blacks (African Americans) that are being mistreated and killed for no reason. There have…

The portrayal of minorities in the media has been an issue plaguing America for many years. Religious groups are always cautiously approached in the media, particularly Muslims because people could get offered. However it is not the Muslims that the media is afraid of offending, but everyone else. Nearly all representations of Muslims in the media depict them as terrorists, because America refuses to see them as anything else. What the media industry needs to do, is pass over the walls…

Hashtag (#) Black Lives Matter The first time I ever even seen or heard of the powerful movement of black lives matter was through my social media twitter account. Shortly after the traumatic incident of Travon Martin is when I was awaken to the police brutality that been continuing on for years and years. The Black Lives Matter hashtag was inspiring to many young adults through social media’s influence and help. According to an article titled, Social Media Usage 2005-2015 stated “Among all…

The media isn’t always right. I can be argued and discussed that the media just tries to get “their” story out there before anybody else. It doesn’t matter if they have the right story or not it's just about who can get it out to the public first. On the issue of “Blue Lives Matter” the media will mostly make it out to seem that the cops are always the bad guys and the troubled citizens we should feel sorry for. It is a race. A race for the media to get their side of the story out first. We as…

entertainment. However, the great thing about it is that literature has the ability to connect any form of art through the past and present. Literature has no age and therefore can speak to generations and help enlighten future leaders of communities. No matter the topic, there is always a way to connect the piece of literature, whether that be song, poem, or script, to the conditions of society. In the culture of African Americans, this idea of literature being a centerpiece…

“In recent events, a white male was seen outside making obvious gestures towards a black male.” This is one of the many ways the media shows its interest in certain events. By inserting a person’s race, more individuals will be agitated and think negatively towards a group or groups of people depending on their view of the subject. It does not stop there, however. The media, also, makes it apparent to create arguments and controversy over other topics that include, but not limited to, gender,…

The Boom of Social Media Activism According to statistics website, STATISTA, there are over 207 million smartphone users in the United States this year (eMarketer). The growth in mobile computing has allowed limitless access to online information almost anywhere you go. According to journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell, the consequence of this growth is that activists are now favoring more superficial participation in current social problems. Social media activism is any activism associated…

In today’s media race is used throughout programs such as television shows, movies, and music videos. They often times present a false stereotype that many believe are true when accessing media. When it comes to music artists will use music videos so there listeners will have a better understanding of the song. The music video analyzed is Kendrick Lamar’s alright which was released in 2015. As an artist who has a history of creating songs that are detailing experiences in which he has either…

Literacy Review The effect of media on society regarding police brutality on the black race has been a topic and problem in the United States since Martin Luther King in the 1960’s. Patron (2004) states it took years for MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail to be read by many, but when it was read society improved discrimination and police brutality. Since the recent years of the 21rst Century police brutality has been a major subject of interest for the media and society has responded in different…

African Americans have always faced inequalities and injustices from the birth of America. African Americans were first segregated from whites due the creation of the slave codes, which distinguished who was white and who was black, or in other terms, who has rights and who does not. Once slavery ended it did not end segregation or even racism; the Jim Crow laws defined segregation. Black people were not allowed to go to white schools, or even sit next to a white a person on a bus. Blacks did…