Diversity In The Media

"Minority" is a disparaging term used to place people in boxes that are used to confine them. This confinement just leads them to a life full of limiting and derogatory stereotypes. However, identifying what leads an influential country that is known for its diversity, equality and is often referred to as the “country of the free” to have so much mental limitation for its people, is not an easy proposition, and solely blaming the media derails this task. It is not entirely the film and television industry’s fault, but the audience's fault as well. The media use shows and movies to intrigue their audiences and they usually do that through familiarity, showing audiences what they have been exposed to previously at some point in their lives. The
Martin Luther King Jr that the fight for equality started to become a reality. Although the acceptance of people of color began to happen, it wasn’t until the breakout of social media that people were allowed to voice their opinions in masses on the ways thing are being done. In our current time, diversity and equality are more relevant, unlike the times before. The media should do its part and hire people of color as leads so that all children can envision themselves capable of doing anything they set their minds to without having to think the color of their skin will prevent them from reaching their dreams. People should strive to make diversity and equality a reality for the children who will inherit this earth by demanding diversity in film and television industries through social media and supporting those in the industries that are striving for a more diverse casting, and reaching out to the
These stereotypes can be repressive because if audiences are constantly hearing negative comments over and over, it’s just in a matter of time until they begin to believe it. Occasionally it affects the impressionable minds of all children to think they are either more or less entitled because of that’s usually the way they see things play out through media representation. If children hear and see stereotypes in the television they watch as well as the television their parents watch it just begins to engrave into their minds faster. Everyone has role models and children usually claim the people they see on television as their role models and they usually choose them based on a resemblance they identify between role models and themselves. Young minds of children of color that could have so much potential that would casually go to waste because they can’t see themselves going against the odds and striving for success that they believe is mainly capable to white people because that’s all they have seen on the screens. All children need to have role models in which they can identify with and producers of shows on Disney and Nickelodeon are starting to realize the importance of representation of diversity and equality is for young audiences. Producers of shows and films meant for older audiences should follow the