In both essays, the idea of social class fueling thoughts and perceptions of either the “Other” or “poor white class” in today’s society is drawn upon multiple times. In Prices particular argument, she targets many factors as reason to why racial dispute has still been a corruption in today’s society. Price focuses on the fact that the public media controls how the poor white class is viewed. The reader can draw from the essay that the media is controlled by the middle to upper class whites. An example of this is when Price explains that through things like movies, TV shows, and even public figures, the media dictates how the public feels about the poor whites.
Opening: I believe that Media promotes racial stereotypes. Stereotype means a simplified or standardized conception and/or image of a particular group. There are several stereotypes perpetuated by different media outlets that highly influence the way that the every day person thinks or feels about particular groups of people. Two-forms of media that portray racial stereotypes in a negative manner, include movies and television. Argument 1: One of the many media outlets that define racial stereotyping would be movies.
This movie deals with the melting pot that America is in today. It shows how people deal with theses issues of race, gender, and class. Stereotyping is defined in our book as beliefs about social groups in terms of the traits or characteristics that they are believed to share. The scene that stuck out to me the
Thompson and Thompson (2002) describe cultural discrimination as ‘the things we take for granted, the unwritten rules, and assumptions, common images and stereotypes, and so on’, (page 32). Cultural discrimination involves a set of beliefs and assumptions shared by a group. One example of cultural discrimination is the use of stereotypes, ie using generalisations about members of minority groups which lump them together and form the basis of prejudice. An example in relation to people with Dementia would be that they are characterised as ‘pitiful victims’ who make a limited contribution to society. Within my own workplace I have noticed that the some residents intolerant of people who suffer from Dementia.
Then what is a stereotype? Stereotype is an exaggerated belief image or distorted truth about people - a generalization about a group of people where people use a very simple patter for judging an entire group of people. When this happens, stereotype leads to many negative effects to the society such as prejudice and discrimination. In this essay, however, two characters from Hana’s Suitcase and The Paper Bag Princess are demonstrated, and explain how the author deals with the subject of stereotype issue in each book, the similarities and differences: Hana from the Hana’s Suitcase is stereotyped on her race and Princess Elizabeth from The Paper Bag Princess is stereotyped on her sex. First of all, in Hana’s Suitcase, Hana is being stereotyped because of her religious, cultural and ethnical background.
“Mississippi Burning” Mississippi burning is a fine example of how dysfunctional society can get if we don’t pay attention to the problems that threaten to destroy us as a nation and as a society, we must learn to diversify ourselves and be receptive to others and respect their way of living regardless of how we think an individual should live his life. I think the film did a good job in illustrating the role that race, culture, political and social economic status play in society as a whole. The story of Mississippi burning took place in 1964, which was a period of political and social turmoil in this country. I think that the film illustrated some of the horrible consequences of ethnocentrism. We must learn to think outside the box and put ourselves in someone else’s’ shoes if we are to succeed as a country and as society.
The characters within the movie belong to a segregated community, where each race is divided into separate tribes. The students are represented as a central point to the movie, and the way they struggle to break free from the chaotic atmosphere around them to emerge as one, putting away the elements of the ‘Other’, and accepting their classmates for who they are rather than their ethnic backgrounds. “Racism is like a poor kid who grew up needing someone to hurt.”[2] This quote implies that racism is something which affects someone in such a way, that the outcome would be to hurt someone. Perhaps this is the reason, why the action of the youths in this film was due to all the segregation between them. Freedom Writers holds strong stereotypes of people within the African-American, Latino, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Caucasian race to be associated with violence, gun/gang crime and drugs which has therefore resulted in people believing in these given
Prejudice and discrimination are attitude or actual positive and negative actions toward the members of a group based solely on membership in that group. Many prejudices seem to be passed along from parents to children in a form called socialization. The media - including television, movies, and advertising - also perpetuate demeaning images and stereotypes about assorted groups, such as ethnic minorities, women, gays, lesbians, the disabled, and the elderly. Conforming behavior is when prejudices may bring support from significant others, so rejecting prejudices may lead to losing social support. The pressures to conform to the views of the families, friends, and associates can be formidable.
These images are what shape our beliefs, determine what we consider is good or bad and who we associate with goodness or badness. Schaefer (2008) states the media plays a crucial role in shaping people’s perceptions by transmitting messages that create false images or stereotypes of groups of people that become accepted as reality (pg. 167). Race discrimination, through stereotyping, provides the foundation to limit employment opportunities which contributes to the plight of poverty. In essence the media’s attempt to highlight so called newsworthy issues, dominated by black figures engaged in criminal activity or drug abuse, allows for continued discrimination and development of additional negative
Seltisha Rugley Hate Crimes Sociology 4/12/15 To me the meaning of hate crime is the judgement of others by what race they are or the religion that they come from, or even judging someone because they have a disability. Hate crime can come from people with low self-esteem to make them feel better about themselves. When people face crisis this is when they often change to human tendency. The reason why this happens is to protect their own. This is also the point where they find someone or something to blame it on.