Stereotypes In Entertainment

At the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. said that “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls” (1963). From this speech, it implies that African Americans have been scorned and beaten for a relatively long time because of social bias. Therefore, it is clearly that the human skin color is discriminated by social norms. So, during the 1954-68 periods, the movement of black Americans became one of the most important movements in our history. It first appeared in United States and the main concept of this movement concerned with social equality. Nevertheless, nowadays, the social status of African Americans is being totally changed to positive roles in today’s society.
It cannot deny that the image of black people on televisions or screen steps into positive attitudes of entertainment industry. Long time ago, there were only whites who can appear on screen while blacks disappeared from screen or they played just minor character. However, at the moment, African Americans are the key that drives the entertainment industry to complete. For example, Beyonce is American’s favorite singer star of all time. Throughout her career, most people agree that she is an extremely talented singer. Moreover, in 2015 the Frobes magazine declared that Beyonce was listed as the most powerful female in entertainment industry. Another example is Morgan Freeman. He is the African American famous actor who plays an important protagonist in several movies such as The Shawshank Redemption and Seven. He also revised the Oscar for his role in the Street Smart movie. Besides, he once urged that the only way to stop discrimination of racism is to stop talking about
Back to history, the aspect of slavery is portrayed as the way of life for African-Americans. Between the years 1950-1975, the lacks of education opportunities were obviously happening to black children. The effect of lack of knowledge causes many problems to black Americans. They could do as a labor. The blacks could not go to school as the whites. For example, Dorothy counts- the first African American who admitted to the Harry Harding High school with white students. Each day, she lived with hardship and pain in her school life because she was threatened by white students. They always treated her like an animal not a human being. Finally, she decided to quit from school because of her family was threatened and endangered by phone calls. However, in 2010, the Harry Harding High school sent her a certified letter for apology. And nowadays, there are many African Americans who play major role in Academic such as Cornell West, Bobby Austin and