Stereotypes And Racism In Stuart Bucks Acting White

Although many people view racism and stereotypes in two different categories, they are very similar in many ways. Stereotypes are ideas and concepts derived from our minds explicitly from the actions or representation of others or situations. Similarly, racism is judging or acing upon circumstances based upon someone’s skin color, background, or ethnicity. Everywhere we look today whether it is in magazines, in movies, celebrities, or advertisement, stereotypes and racism are around every corner we come around.

I will begin by using the example of advertisements and how racism is a big part of production and how it is affecting the social standards of what is considered acceptable. In Stuart Bucks Acting White, he address many issues with the educational system today and how I is veered toward white success and leaves the African Americans behind considering high education and successful learning to be a “white” trend only. This idea has been infused into all other areas of society without us even realizing it. The music industry is an excellent example of this stereotyping. People associate male African American artists to produce strictly rap music and make songs about money, sex, drugs and women. The media assumes that Caucasian men and women can produce whatever music they wish to make. They do not feel restricted by boarders of their race or by what others may think about them for producing music “out of the norm” as to what they are expected to make.
The ad industry is revolving around trends, fashion, and creating new ways to express ideas from the past and making them popular today. But these ads, whether they be on magazines, commercials or billboards, they all surround the idea of being “beautiful” and giving the false representation that they care more about being healthy than being