News, movie, and crime often contain racial stereotypes. The news media has often criticized
For the way it chooses to portray African-Americans. Racial stereotypes are still alive in this country. White- Americans often see these stereotypes images assume he, or she is dumb, dishonest, lazy. The black male is constantly portrayed as violet, and hostile, criminal minded.
If convicted of a crime or suspected in a crime , the news media will often show a mug shot
Photo of a black male will show less offensive picture of a white male. Movies and crime often show a black male running from the police or involved in a hostile situations. Showing these images over and over again creates racial stereotypes in the mind of those watching. The media has played and continue to play a critical role in the way White-
Americans perceive African-Americans. The media focus on crime, drugs gang violence, and
Other forms of ant-social behavior among African-Americans. Example, in October 25, 1994 in
Union South Carolina Susan Smith drowned her two children. Susan Smith claimed that a black male kidnapped her two children. The media stereotype anything that is black is bad and evil. The media have invaded Holly-
Wood. The portrayal of young African –American males involved in gangs, and other acts of
Violence has become multi- million dollars industrial. Films like Boyz in the hood, and menace 2
Society, American Gangster have become multi-million dollars success stories with criminal por- trals of young black men. This kind of portrayal, overtime, has put false beliefs in White- Ameri- cans of the way we perceive