Helen K Ho Analysis

Movie production and TV networks are run by whites. They have control over what is presented on TV. The media makes money off make inaccurately discerptions of people and their backgrounds. In Helen K. Ho the discussion of the way Asian Americans are portrayed in the media is very offensive. Asian are looked at as weak and nerdy. When played in a movie/TV character, the Asian Americans are looked at as some kind of overly Asian Kong Fu character. Same inaccurate descriptions can go the same for other races too. For example, African American community always being depicted as thugs and ghetto. When it comes to cartons black a depicted as monkeys.
These racist unethical representations are controlled by the white community because of the control they have in the media. Not everyone is racist but to complete act like it doesn’t happen is worse than racism its self. Colorblindness is the notion that whites do not see the difference of races in society. This is just said to not think about race and racial issue do exist in society. Most think that colorblindness is ok because they are not the ones being subjected to mistreatment to society, it is easy for white to say they don’t see
The flight of feminine is when men try to stray so far for traits that are considered feminine to make himself look more masculine. It is not masculine to show emotion and cry. At a young age boys are taught not to cry and show emotions. It is considered girly to have feelings. The lack of emotion shown could result in mental problems. Men are three times more likely to commit suicide over a female. The pressure to always act like a man is damaging to men’s health. Growing up I always watched my brother be told to stop being a baby and to man up because men don’t cry. Society often forgets that men are human too. The discouragement of showing feminine characteristics results to the lack of acceptance to differences like