Racism In Society Today

When it comes down to it, racism still plays a huge part in the United States till this day. Although some may argue that it “may not be a big deal and it isn't as bad.” Either way their are still flashes of racism going on that needs to come to an abrupt end. One main example of racism that I see in society today is stereotyping. Stereotyping comes from what people here and see on tv, or what the news is showing them abour a certain race or ethnicity. African Americans seem to be the ones who get hit the hardest when it comes to stereotyping. Some examples of African American stereotypes is that they are all gangsters and killers and they all portray traits of violence. As well with being violent, they are also tricked into thinking that
When you are being fed the same things everyday, you tend to get use to the thing you are being fed. In other words, if the media puts the same thing out everyday ten times a day, eventually you are going to be tricked into believing it. Like in North Korea how Kim Jung Un tells all of his people how bad the United States is, eventually they all ended up believing him. And in a way the media plays a role of a dictatorship, with less of a forceful nature. As Ed Helen explains in the second volume of Media Portrayals of African Americans “Hidden audience research, news consultant firms, and the Warner Class Model has influenced the way the media began to portray the news amongst different social classes.” A great example of this is the story about young man named Terrell Pough. He was an African American man who was idolized in the media due to his ambitious characteristics. He was also honored at a 76ers game. He was later murdered for failure to pay a drug debt.The media quickly changed their perception of him as soon as they heard of the accusation of his drug debt. Once an idolized person, he was easily changed instantly into a crook and a convict in all the news reports. Immediately turning him into just another statistic as a murdered African American. He was a charismatic man, and once the media had changed their view
When people see a certain culture as violent due to what was shown on tv, then they will often look to genocide that certain group of people. Kristen states that the media is “Used to broadly frame bigotry and racism as something so entrenched that some people aren’t aware that they subconsciously harbor racist feelings, associating black skin with negative behavior. Put simply, their “conditioning has been conditioned, and marginalized groups are often left to pick up the pieces in the wake of brutality and/or neglect by those in positions of power, trust and influence.” An example of this would be like during the Trayvon Martin case when Trayvon was mistakenly taken as a suspicious person in his own neighborhood. From 2004-2012 George Zimmerman had made over 50 calls to the police department. So we can infer that due to Trayvon Martin's skin color and casual attire that he was stereotyped as a thief and or roobber. And these accusations were caused by prior perceptions in the media along with years of experience. This is morally incorrect and also unjust to jump to conclusions about a certain person due to their skin