Modern Racist Paradigm Summary
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A documentary “Refers to a film or video that explores a subject in a way the public expects to be factual and accurate. Documentaries may be balanced by including various view points, or they may be subjective, offering the viewpoint and impressions of one producer.” (PBS, 2007) When watching a documentary, we look at non-fiction sources and opinions. In this day and time, we have documentary’s that educate the young and give a considerable amount of information to stay informed, and knowledgeable of our surroundings. Therefore, the media has a certain amount of control on what we see as daily news. Everyday, we are unaware by the affect’s of what we watch, what we see, how we act, and speak.
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Media ownership is mainly concentrated in the hands of white males; white journalists dominate the mainstream media; and white people hold most creative positions in the entertainment media as actors, writers and directors. All these factors contribute to the prevalence of whiteness in media, and help to reinforce white privilege as the norm.” (Modern Racist Paradigm, 2007) Allowing for a standard or a norm to be created has its affects and negative implications; one being internalized racism or, the hatred of ones self. Today we do not seem to notice that this is occurring until we really take time to consider its idea. As seen in the Modern Racist Paradigm an experiment by a high school student in the US was conducted, where she took a white doll and a black doll and sat it in front of 21 black children raging in
Modern Racist Paradigm, page 3 ages from 3-5. She asked, “Which doll would you prefer to play with? And which doll is the good doll as opposed to the bad doll?” (Modern Racist Paradigm, 2007) 15 of 21 children involved picked the white doll. This proves that children even from as young as 3-5 already associate “positive” with white, as oppose to any other racial group. Rather than thinking of the severity of this situation, consider why it is
A documentary “Refers to a film or video that explores a subject in a way the public expects to be factual and accurate. Documentaries may be balanced by including various view points, or they may be subjective, offering the viewpoint and impressions of one producer.” (PBS, 2007) When watching a documentary, we look at non-fiction sources and opinions. In this day and time, we have documentary’s that educate the young and give a considerable amount of information to stay informed, and knowledgeable of our surroundings. Therefore, the media has a certain amount of control on what we see as daily news. Everyday, we are unaware by the affect’s of what we watch, what we see, how we act, and speak.
The Modern …show more content…
Media ownership is mainly concentrated in the hands of white males; white journalists dominate the mainstream media; and white people hold most creative positions in the entertainment media as actors, writers and directors. All these factors contribute to the prevalence of whiteness in media, and help to reinforce white privilege as the norm.” (Modern Racist Paradigm, 2007) Allowing for a standard or a norm to be created has its affects and negative implications; one being internalized racism or, the hatred of ones self. Today we do not seem to notice that this is occurring until we really take time to consider its idea. As seen in the Modern Racist Paradigm an experiment by a high school student in the US was conducted, where she took a white doll and a black doll and sat it in front of 21 black children raging in
Modern Racist Paradigm, page 3 ages from 3-5. She asked, “Which doll would you prefer to play with? And which doll is the good doll as opposed to the bad doll?” (Modern Racist Paradigm, 2007) 15 of 21 children involved picked the white doll. This proves that children even from as young as 3-5 already associate “positive” with white, as oppose to any other racial group. Rather than thinking of the severity of this situation, consider why it is