...Shamarkia Minor EN 0103-05 Mrs. Forsythe 19 September 2013 Misrepresentation of Black America Many African-American men and women get bad reputations due to today’s media. Whether it is from music, movies, or television shows. These stereotypes affect the African-American society very much, especially when they go search for jobs or even when they just go out in public. When people outside of the Black community see how actors and entertainers act on television shows, movies, and videos, they get the impression that all African-Americans act this or that way. Basically judging a book by its cover. Music play s huge role on African-Americans; especially rap music. When my mom was growing up, rappers like Tupac, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube, their lyrics were based on topics such as police brutality and other problems in black society. The music wasn’t as vulgar as today’s rappers. Even though they sometimes rapped about money, sex, and drugs, they kept it real and didn’t really exploit women. Music now has ruined the reputation for young black women and men. They make all men to be shooters, killers, drug dealers, etc. and they make the women out to be strippers, gold diggers, whores, drug abusers, etc.; telling young black men and women that this lifestyle is okay because you can make a lot of money. Artists don’t realize the effect they have on our generation. Rappers, for example, Chief Keef and Lil Wayne rap about robbing, shooting, killing people, smoking marijuana, popping...
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...* * * * * * * * * Representation Of Race In Media * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Much of our perceptions of the world are based on narratives and the images that we see in film, television, radio, music, and other media. These are some of the outlets that construct how individuals see their social identities, as well as learn and understand about what it is to be black, white, Native American, Asian, South American, etc. (Dow, Wood, 2006, p. 297). You will get a better understanding of this once you understand the concept of ideologies. Ideologies are what create our perception of the world around us, whether it is political, social, economic, etc. Ideologies are not the product of individual intention or conscious, rather we create our intentions within ideology (Marris, Thornham, 2000, p. 267). These ideologies exist before we are even born; they form the social constructions and conditions that we are born into. But, ideologies are just a practice, and it is produced and reproduced in apparatus of ideological production. The media is a great example of an apparatus of ideological production (Marris, Thornham, 2000, p. 273). It produces social meanings and distributes them throughout society. However, as long as ideologies continue so will social struggles such as racism, which we will discuss in this essay. Media elites represent different races through media based on...
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...as a set-up for failure and re-offense. The result of this influx of offenders is a growing racial disparity, as shown by Bobo & Thompson: In 2004. for example, black males constituted 43.3 percent of those incarcerated in state, federal, and local prisons or jails, though only 13 percent of the total population. Whites on the other hand represented 35.7 percent of the male inmate population in 2004, well under their 75 percent of the total male population (Bobo & Thompson, 2006). (p. 451) This ballooning disparity has become a trend of increasing concern among proponents of racial equality. Many view this trend as another cog in the wheel of covert institutional racism, even labeling it “The New Jim Crow”. Among the men and women of color now residing in U.S. prisons are the potential business owners, educators and leaders of communities that sorely need them. Immediate and results-oriented attention to the racial disparity in U.S. prisons will do much to repair the damaged, needful communities of color throughout the country. BLACK CRIME: CRIMINAL OR CULTURAL? “Black people and crime go hand-in-hand”, is an often debated stereotype that African-Americans have endured since slavery. Contributing factors perpetuating this stereotype include, economic, educational and familial shortcomings that have continually challenged and burdened Black communities for hundreds of years. In addition to these very real problems, American society’s perceived notions of the...
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...types of characters portrayed in everything that we intake from the media. The media is a massive information network that connects people to the world, which is beneficial, however , it also misrepresents different groups of people which in turn warps the minds of its audience. It forces us to prejudge, and we grow up on these often false representations of the world. The representation of women in the media has changed a lot in the last couple decades, Many of us would agree that some strides have been made in how the media portrays women in movies, TV and magazines, and that there has been an increase in the presence and influence of women in media. Nonetheless, female stereotypes continue to expand in the media we take in every day. Images of female bodies are everywhere. Women's bodies are used to sell everything now a days. Many actresses and other women that are used as marketing props are now encouraged to be thinner. These impossible to achieve standards of beauty are pushed on all women, most of whom will never be able to achieve those picture perfect bodies. It causes women to feel bad about themselves, and also imposes the wrong ideals to young girls who see these images as well. Not only are...
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...2014. ""Hollywood Likes to Point to The... - Miss Representation | Facebook." "Hollywood Likes to Point to The... - Miss Representation | Facebook. BBC, 12 Sept. 2013. Web. 17 Mar. 2014. "Jane's Quotes in Miss Representation." Missrepresentation.org, 2011. Web. American females have been struggled a constant combat for inclusive equality in a culture that maintains an accommodation for men. Despite the fact that remarkable paces have been created for women, until our present day we are still known as victims of distortion and social prejudice. Miss Representation film demonstrates the humiliating interpretations of females' association in media through the lack of women's power in culture. Miss representation is an intuitive documentary film directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and Kimberlee Acquaro. It disputes the restrictive and hideous realities of female's image in American media, demonstrating the overall impact on women and girls' self assurance and their healthy body, while supplying to the largely depression of women in modern culture. Assemble from the principle, the medium of film forces the media producers to be more ethical through employing affirmative female role models. The message of the film clearly illustrates how observers are been overwhelmed by over-sexualized media representations of females in divergence with pictures of enormous matter and leadership roles of females. Although the media are considered dispensable and is brainwashing our minds from...
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...Townsend 1 Evelyn Townsend Professor Anne Vial Women in Literature 3 December 2012 A Contextual Analysis of the Spiritual and Sensual Significance of Flesh in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Following tradition is a monumental aspect of Catholicism. While young Catholics are encouraged to grow in faith, they are taught to be cautioned by anything that contradicts that specific form of faith. Anything that contradicts the traditions enforced by the Catholic Church is faulted and therefore is not a topic of discussion. The authority held by Catholic priests, nuns, saints, cardinals, and other laity intimidates and inspires those who lack power. The individuals who feel distanced from power in the Catholic Church are the same individuals who are awestruck by the learnedness of the very same people that hold them back. Should those people of power in the Catholic Church be held to such high esteem? As an author, Louise Erdrich enjoys taking a conversational approach to how much the representatives of the church should model virtue. Her work constantly challenges how people of faith conduct themselves behind what society assumes them to be. Erdrich’s novel The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse listens to that very conversation in addition to uncovering what is behind the “flesh” of those who supposedly strictly follow the traditional morality that is thought to embody the Catholic Church. Purity in the sense of the church tilts on a fine line...
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...represented very little. A familiar portrait of the Asian man is rather comical. Tasha Oren gives an example of Mr. Yunioshi from Breakfast At Tiffany's, who is hysterical Japanese neighbour of a beautiful American girl. Nevertheless, the anger of such a character is comical, rather than intimidating, as it would usually be in the representation of black man's anger. However, the misrepresentation of Asian is not only existing in American culture, as the author mentions: “...women in Hong Kong have an image problem”5, linking it to the 'princess syndrome' – spoiled, lazy and materialistic girls who look for 'a prince'. Interestingly, this stereotype is referred back to the American popular culture, as associated with glamorizing the image of bachelorette through TV series such as Sex and the City. Also, the references to Cinderella and Snow White, as well as the idea of the princess culture is similarly attributed to Western culture, as if suggesting the misrepresentation of Asians even in Asia is influenced by the West. The text itself can be criticised for the overuse of gender stereotypes, like women having to marry before the age of 35, or women's main life goal being finding a husband; similarly, the disregard of the Asian-American men as being uninteresting and unnoticeable is not necessarily reliable as well. ...
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...employment to harmful actions that lie outside the scope of employment” (Walsh, 2010, p.132). Even though Mesilla Valley Hospital is not being sued, they exercised negligence in hiring Herrera because they failed to do more extensive research when looking to hire Herrera, instead of going off of a basic recommendation letter. I believe that in certain work environments that involve the care for others, the patients have a due diligence that is owed to them that they will always be protected and cared for by their caretakers. Herrera took advantage of not only Davis, but also the inmates in Doña Ana County, which unfortunately can ruin the victim’s lives. As stated in the textbook, negligent referral is defined as “a former employer’s misrepresentation about an employee in giving a reference…” (Walsh, 2010, p.677). Frank Steele, Doña Ana County’s director blatantly showed negligence when after scheduling a hearing for Herrera’s behavior and Herrera resigning, he submitted a recommendation letter on behalf of Herrera giving nothing but praise to his work ethics. The final legal issue is foreseeability that is defined as “the likelihood that a reasonable person of average intelligence would be able to foresee that hiring an unfit person for a particular position would render injury or harm to others” (Walsh, 2010, p.672). By this definition, Davis has a strong case against Doña Ana County because Steele and Al Mochen knew of Herrera’s behavior in the past, however they still submitted...
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...barrier for women in the working world? It might come as a surprise that in the year 2017, women in Ohio only made 77 percent of what the average Ohio man makes in one year (Webb). There is so much limitation for women striving to reach the top in any business today. Even in recent years, after some progress regarding women’s advancements in corporate settings has been made, it is found that only one tenth of the senior roles in companies are filled by women. The idea of the glass ceiling started in the 1980’s, when the phrase was used in multiple different books to describe an invisible barrier imposed on people because of race, gender, or any other “limiting” factors that may socially inhibit one from reaching their goal (Lewis). This is a socially constructed limit on these people, and is very prominent in corporate environments. When the Americans were asked if most people thought that barrier has been broken, 86 percent thought that the glass ceiling has not yet been broken, if even cracked (Lewis). Women’s salary, rank, and reputation in the workforce has consistently changed over the years. Fair treatment at the office has been a constant struggle for women in today’s society. Breaking...
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...text and the clerk, Jenkyn, current husband of the Wife of Bath. The compiler of the book believed that what he wrote was true, based on pieces of text he picked through to find those that comply with the view he already had of women. The Wife of Bath combats the “Book of Wikked Wyves,” as well as every reading therein, with her question of “Who peynted the leoun, tel me who?” arguing that if women...
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...with her crush as well as to have enough money in order to get her crush to pay attention to her. In the music video, as T.I. with his entourage of beautiful women by his side walked in the club where Cher Lloyd is waitressing at, she immediately showed interests in the man, as she bite her lip and look longingly at...
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...gave positive endorsements about him to the Mesilla Valley Hospital (MVH). They hired Herrera based on the favorable recommendations, which was the heart of the Plaintiff's suit against the County. Mariah C. Davis sued the County of Dona Ana (the County) for injuries suffered during a patient stay at Mesilla Valley Hospital (MVH)." Davis alleged that hospital employee Joe Herrera sexually assaulted her. The Plaintiff alleged that MVH’s decision to hire Herrera was based on misinformation provided by Steele and Mochen. Why does the court conclude that Doña Ana County could be held liable for negligent referral (misrepresentation)? According to Mann (2000), “The Court of Appeals held that when the county law enforcement officers (Steele and Mochen) undertook to provide an employment reference, they owed a duty not to make negligent misrepresentations to the subsequent employer, and that this duty extended to the patient, if a substantial risk of physical harm to a third person was foreseeable (p. 2)". The Court of Appeals made it very clear that although a former employer is not required to provide an employment reference (they can remain silent), but if she or he...
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...“The Glass Ceiling” The glass ceiling is an invisible, but real barrier that prevents people, often women and minorities from achieving further success. I think that the glass ceiling may be more of a form of sexism. The expression is often used to describe the sexist attitudes that many women run into in the work environment. The term “glass ceiling” originated from the Wall Street Journal in 1986 and was then used in the title of an article by A.M. Morrison and others that was published in 1987 (“The Glass Ceiling”, 2009). The glass ceiling has yet to be broken, but as of now, it is scratched at the most. There are some women who succeed in breaking the glass ceiling of professional advancement, but unfortunately, they can face an increased risk of sexual harassment from coworkers and subordinates. Sexual harassment in the workplace in relation to the glass ceiling boils down to power. Some men may find the general growth of women in higher occupations not only disconcerting, but also threatening. Sexual harassment can be a way for these men to reassert their dominance and feel falsely secure. Even when breaking the glass ceiling, women have to earn legitimacy in organizations that favor and reward stereotypical masculine values and practices. In other words, they have to work harder than men to prove their worth. One case that may have cracked the glass ceiling was Petruska v. Gannon University. Petruska sues the university administration claiming that she was demoted...
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...In this case, a man killed three women by drowning them in their bathtub. His killings were at first seen as mere coincidences (the women had seized in the tub), but after it was uncovered that all three women had been married to him, as only the first marriage was actually legally recognized, he was convicted as a serial killer. Sir Bernard Spilsbury is accredited with bringing this evil man to justice, as well as many others (Leafe). It is very clear that a man who dedicates his life to bringing justice to this earth should be considered a hero, and Sir Bernard definitely qualifies. Not only did he solve the case of the Brides in the bath case using impressive forensics, but he also convicted felon Norman Thorne. Norman Thorne killed his bride as well. This case was complex in the sense that Spilsbury had to work with an exhumed (dead body) in order to prove...
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...genera of music represent a certain race in our society today? In the past, music was limited by certain branches of music that could air on the radio and one genera in particular, rap, had to fight its way through the music industry to be heard. Its roots came from the hip-hop culture which includes rapping, graffiti, break dancing, DJing (audio mixing or scratching) ect. After rap was recognized, over the years, changes within the music industry and what the media focuses on, I feel that this genre of music has strayed away from what it used to be. Rap has been a way for most people to express thoughts, emotions, and expressions. With the influence of the music industry in society today, rap music is an explosive, culture shock; misrepresentation of African Americans that defer from any positive music lyrics that...
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