Stereotypes Of African Americans

Maybe it is on purpose, or maybe it is all a joke for us to sit back and laugh at. But it is not funny. The media tends to overrepresented black achievements with sports, but do not see any other achievements in other fields of work. African Americans are represented as athletes even though there has been many more achievements in the culture. The young males are manipulated at a young age and base their lives off a career they have seen all their life, but will not be able to be successful as an athlete. Although the media tends to represent the African Americans in sports in a positive way, there overrepresentation causeses young African Americans to believe that is the only way to achieve success; therefore the media underrepresent the
The notice that those athletes are making a lot of money,and compare that lifestyle to their current lifestyle. It has been said that african americans have taken sports as a big part of their culture ( Q2-1 ). If this is all you see and believe aren't you going to think this is the only way to become something in life. This is how the manipulation begins at a young age. Also black males watch television more than white males , and tend to identify athletes as their heros ( Q2-5 ). Heros are figures that the youth look up to and wish to become. That is the easiest way to get a child's attention, That would become their set goal; began to focus more on sports that education , and they will slack off in school because they care more about
The televised sport media advertise affects young males by creating a false sense of the ease of achieving successful sport careers ( Q2-5 ) . The kids see it so much that they truly believe that is who they will become. Not knowing that it is a strong that they need education to fall back on in that field of work. Going against men who are stronger and bigger than them daily can become a major issue. Your body will eventually give in ,and you will be unemployed. The disproportionate investment by young black men is very frustrating because there is an extremely low probability that any individual will make a living from being a professional athlete ( Q2-6 ). It being known that it is a long shot of becoming a successful athlete African American are still being tricked into going for this career. African americans may not do as good in school, but are expected g to make a career off something that could possibly hurt you in the end happens a