Motion Pictures are responsible for Racial Stereotypes
Yau Chan
ID 0237-0743
CMST 180: Tues/Thurs 2:20pm-3:45pm
21 April 2014
Motion Pictures Are Responsible for Racial Stereotypes
Deace, Steve. “DEACE: ‘Elysium’ brings racial stereotyping to the silver
screen” The Washington Times 28 Aug. 2013.
Deace believes that the Matt Damon movie Elysium turns out to be racist. He points out the not-so-coincidental fact in the movie: people on earth are separated into two groups where the superior beings on elysium are predominantly white while the savages on earth are portrayed by minorities with Matt Damon being the only exception and their savior in the darkness. Deace claims that the movie is suggesting that minorities are not able to build a civilized society without the help of white people whom, on the other hand, have built an utopian society. In addition, the movie has the notion that the minorities are impotent of rebelling against their tyranny without the amazing, and not to mention white, Matt Damon.
Ramasubramanian, Srividya. “Television Stereotypes and Affirmative Action”
Communication Current April. 2010: Volume 5, Issue 2.
Ramasubramanian explains the role that television plays in contemporary society and how it is portraying a negative image on the African Americans and the Latino Americans. These two under-represented groups of people are often ridiculed with various demeaning social status using modern mass media such as television. The author indicates that television affiliates African Americans and Latino Americans with two negative qualities of “criminality and laziness”. Considering the reach and impact of television, these stereotypes can alternate the scale of judgement in real-life circumstances. Furthermore, television justifies the failures of minorities with these negative qualities while neglecting the effect of social factors such as limited resource of education.
Berg, Charles Ramírez. “The Six Latino Stereotypes” Latino Image in Films. 15
ID 0237-0743
CMST 180: Tues/Thurs 2:20pm-3:45pm
21 April 2014
Motion Pictures Are Responsible for Racial Stereotypes
Deace, Steve. “DEACE: ‘Elysium’ brings racial stereotyping to the silver
screen” The Washington Times 28 Aug. 2013.
Deace believes that the Matt Damon movie Elysium turns out to be racist. He points out the not-so-coincidental fact in the movie: people on earth are separated into two groups where the superior beings on elysium are predominantly white while the savages on earth are portrayed by minorities with Matt Damon being the only exception and their savior in the darkness. Deace claims that the movie is suggesting that minorities are not able to build a civilized society without the help of white people whom, on the other hand, have built an utopian society. In addition, the movie has the notion that the minorities are impotent of rebelling against their tyranny without the amazing, and not to mention white, Matt Damon.
Ramasubramanian, Srividya. “Television Stereotypes and Affirmative Action”
Communication Current April. 2010: Volume 5, Issue 2.
Ramasubramanian explains the role that television plays in contemporary society and how it is portraying a negative image on the African Americans and the Latino Americans. These two under-represented groups of people are often ridiculed with various demeaning social status using modern mass media such as television. The author indicates that television affiliates African Americans and Latino Americans with two negative qualities of “criminality and laziness”. Considering the reach and impact of television, these stereotypes can alternate the scale of judgement in real-life circumstances. Furthermore, television justifies the failures of minorities with these negative qualities while neglecting the effect of social factors such as limited resource of education.
Berg, Charles Ramírez. “The Six Latino Stereotypes” Latino Image in Films. 15