...photographs, and film. Through her use of film, she briefly discusses black female masculinities through the film Set It Off, which four black women set to rob banks in the greater Los Angeles area as a response to the economic, social, and racial injustices they face. The butch femme or “butch in the hood” Cleo played by rapper Queen Latifah, is a tough acting, loudmouth, criminal whose image plays into the stereotype that black women are loud, angry, and less feminine than their white counterparts. Halberstam asserts that while Cleo does indeed give into this stereotype she also “rearranges” specifications of the stereotype. While blackness is often associated with violent masculinity, Queen Latifah’s portrayal is successful in exploiting the stereotype as she mimics the hyper-masculine persona of black male rappers to centralize the attractiveness and dangers of a gangster masculine performance....
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...aptitude to suitably deliver mental health services, and the discriminatory nature of classism in the treatment of lower socioeconomic patients, exhibit how the power of race can be so influential. White Americans would not experience these same issues when seeking mental health treatment. Mental health can ultimately be defined with regard to societal norms, as for the African American community mental health may constitute as the sanity of individuals. Those in the black community that partake in notions such as skin bleaching, and hating their own race, are often overlooked in showing attributing factors of poor mental health. Racism serves as such a significant role in the outcome of an individual’s mental state, as all-inclusively racial stratification for African Americans shown through research produces mental health issues and psychopathology. Referencing the correlation between race and mental health there are several stereotypes that can be associated with this concept. To better elaborate, some stereotype examples may imply how African American men are always aggressive, or that African American...
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...him not to sere fried chicken at next year’s dinner. Got it?... or collard greens or whatever the hell those people eat” (Williams-Forson 136). This was said by Fuzzy Zoeller referring to Tiger Woods when he won the Master’s Golf Tournament in 1997. Psyche Williams-Forson wrote Suckin’ the Chicken Bone Dry, arguing that food interactions and stereotypes are underpinned by variables such as gender, power, and history. Williams-Forson used personal experiences and observational evidence to relate the variables mentioned to real life; in this instance the relation between African Americans and fried chicken. Stereotypes are common in today’s society as well as countless years before today. However, the stereotype with African American’s and the food consumed by that race, specifically fried chicken originated in history;...
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...Ethnic Notions, directed by Marlon Riggs, examines anti-black stereotypes that have permeated the popular culture of America: from the period of the antebellum South until the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Ethnic Notions traces the deep-rooted stereotypes that have fueled the anti-black agenda and cultural prejudice throughout American history. These images aid the viewer in beginning to conceptualize the evolution of racial consciousness in the United States. The stereotypes of The Tom, The Sambo, The Mammy, The Coon, The Brute, The Pickaninnies, etc. appear on screen, one after the other in various forms: cartoons, minstrel shows, popular songs, advertisements, and even children’s rhymes. This documentary does well in their explanation and describing, or rather,...
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...Nov, 10, 2013 The Vogue Magazine and Stereotypes Vogue magazine is said to be the most influential fashion magazine worldwide with the number of 11,265,000 of total audience. 88% of the audience are women, in particular women with above average income and higher education. Even though the pages overflow with glamour and luxury, the magazine is highly appreciated by women with average income, too (Nast,C.). For some Vogue can be a reality, for the less lucky it means the possibility to dream. It is a highly intellectual magazine as well, as it responds to current socio-political issues and promotes the cross connection of fashion and politics. With a vast audience comes great responsibility of those behind the creation and edition of the magazine. After all, fashion is a tool of communication that sets roles and promotes ideas and participates at the formation of its followers. A lot of criticism was ascribed to Vogue as a promoter of unrealistically perfect bodies and flawless visages that reinforce our stereotypes of what beauty consists of and what not. Nevertheless, besides the magazine's promotion of stereotypical beauty, at the same time other stereotypes are being attacked and broken down by the Vogue magazine. Vogue is mainly a collection of photoshopping ads of luxury products and models that do not capture reality but stereotypical representation of women. According to some readers, listing through the photographic essays, one is being transported into a...
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...1 RACE, GENDER, & LEADERSHIP Race, Gender, & Leadership: What Impact Does Race and Gender have on Leadership Advancement for Women and Women of Color? Dawn MJ Hyman University of Baltimore 2 RACE, GENDER, & LEADERSHIP Introduction Race and gender disparities in public leadership still plague the workplace despite the continued growth of a more diverse demographic landscape. For women and women of color, this presents a unique challenge in their aspirations for leadership positions as well as how they are perceived and behave as leaders. We will examine leadership through the context of race and gender, discuss biases, perceptions and stereotypes, compare and contrast leadership experiences between women and women of color, review leadership behavior with regards to agency, and then complete the discussion with a summary and conclusion. 3 RACE, GENDER, & LEADERSHIP Race, Gender, & Leadership: What Impact Does Race and Gender have on Leadership Advancement for Women and Women of Color? Depending on the definer, leadership has taken on a host of various definitions – with most depicting the use of power, authority, and influence to promote the actions of others for goal achievement (Yukl, 2009). Early on, while studies have been conducted on men and leadership, women – particularly women of color – were excluded completely from this research until the 1970’s and 1980’s (Chemers, 1997). It’s critical to address the current scarcity of leaders...
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...Women of color are misrepresented by the media, who uses hurtful stereotypes with the purpose to defamation as well as to influence the people's opinions. By creating a certain type of message, the media can manipulate people’s attitude toward any individual, in this case, turning on the victim as if they were the perpetrator. Unfortunately, dark skin women are falling victims of the media who mislead their integrity by marginalizing them.Angela Davis mention on her book, an interesting case of Assata a black woman, who was a victim of the police and the media because of her skin color. Assata Shakur's memoirs. Z'' for example, reveal the dangerous intersections of racism, male domination, and state strategies of political repression. In 1977, she was convicted on charges of murder and assault in connection with a 1973 incident that left one New Jersey state trooper dead and another wounded. She and her companion, Zayd Shakur, who was killed during the shootout, were the targets of what we now name racial profiling and was stopped by state troopers under the pretext of a broken taillight. At the time Assata Shakur, known then as Joanne Chesimard, was underground and had been anointed by the police and the media...
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...Name Instructor Course Date Stereotypes in Mass Media Mass media has become a main source of popular culture in modern society. The media does not only entertain or feed information to the audience, but also transfers the beliefs, values and stereotypes of the society resulting to a change in the order of life in society (Wells 514). According to Althusser, families, schools and religions play a crucial role of ideological state apparatuses. Such institutions indoctrinate and transfer the ideologies of society into the minds of people in the society in order to control them. However, in modern society, the media is turning out to be yet another apparatus for controlling the minds of people. To most people, the pieces of art such as movies, magazines, documentaries and music in the media seem unique. However, all these products are no different from each other. The content in the media reflects the life of people in such a way that people would comprehend. Such a reflection occurs through reproduction of stereotypes which impacts profoundly on life in society (Wells 514). This paper examines the stereotypes mass media in more detail by considering the works of Betye Saar, the use of the concept in advertising and images in popular culture such as Aunt Jemima among others. The Liberation of Aunt Jemima Betye Saar is one of the few women who challenged the male artists’ dominance in the museum and gallery spaces in the 1970s. Some organizations such...
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...African American Stereotypes in Movies Media Research Methods CO 455 November 20, 2012 African American Stereotypes in Movies Introduction There once was a time when everyone expected the black man to be the first actor to die in every movie that possessed a black man in its cast. However, over time the assumption of the black man being the first to die has changed. Currently in the year 2012, there are progressively more movies in which black men portray leading roles. This change in black men as leading characters in movies is a welcome change. In the past, supporting or backup roles were considered the best role a black man could achieve. In this paper, the researcher will conduct information by means of content analysis. Content analysis is the most commonly used methodology because of its ability to measure human behavior, assuming that the verbal behavior is a form of behavior. This study will examine specific media products and define these products by determining smaller elements that complement these products. This document will address a wide view of concerns regarding the African American culture, and will provide assumptions on how this issue can be addressed in the future. The stereotype of African Americans in movies today, is the topic of this research paper. Why do African Americans face stereotypes in the media? Why do black actors and actresses have difficulty obtaining roles that are not stereotypical...
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...journey’s from the South where he attends an all-black college to finally Harlem where he joins cult-like political party called the Brotherhood. The narrator is handed these roles throughout the book, whether it is a driver, a student, a worker, or a party member, which each one he rejects until he is able to realize his role in society as an African American man. The era that the narrator faces his identity crisis is during a time of segregation between races and the complex theory that the white race was the superior. Ellison’s position of racial stereotypes men throughout the novel has a clear compare and contrast for me, but it seems almost invisible for women. Both black and white women characters throughout the novel are neglected and “invisible”, and are personified as typical classic female stereotypes that imitate either the nurturing mother complex or the whore or seducer. Ellison portrays the most notable white women as highly sexual objects and has this fascination with the sexual stereotypes of black men. Black women are as well portrayed as overly sexual beings, but the ones that don’t posses these traits are categorized as the mother figure. In Invisible Man, both white and black women are deliberately stereotyped and are dominated and used by the men in the novel who seek to further their own agendas. First, The white women that appear in the novel represent the typical white women that are interested in black men. This tabooed...
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...was passed in Maryland to prohibit marriage between Whites and slaves. It also mandated enslavement of any White woman who marries a black man. In 1691 Commonwealth of Virginia bans all interracial marriages and if a White marries a person of color, he or she would be exiled. Maryland soon followed suit. In 1780, Pennsylvania repealed such laws to gradually abolish slavery. in 1843 Massachusetts became second state to repeal miscegenation laws. In 1883, “Pace v. Alabama”, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules that state-level bans on interracial marriage do not violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. constitution. The ruling held for more than 80 years. In 1922, Congress passed the Cable Act, which prohibited marriages between Whites and Blacks and Whites and Asians. In 1964, “McLaughlin Vs Florida” Supreme Court rules that bans on interracial marriages violates 14th amendments. Finally in 1976, Loving Vs Virginia, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned “Pace Vs Alabama”. In 2000 Alabama became the last state to lift this ban. Judice, Cheryl Yvette “Interracial Marriages Between Black Women and White Men” "Social Issues Surrounding Interracial Marriages" Pg 21 -30 Cambria Press 2008 The author has done research on marriages between Blacks and Whites in America and wrote this book. She has specifically studied the phenomena of Black Women marrying White men. All the research in the early 20th century in interracial relationships...
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...most people think “reality television” they think of ordinary people doing crazy things, such as living in a house together, competing to win a record deal, or eating weird insects. But, reality television is actually much larger than many people think, with shows such as COPS, Jerry Springer, and Jeopardy also fitting into the reality television genre. As reality television becomes more and more popular, a disturbing trend has emerged in the way the participants of the shows are portrayed. Many reality television programs use different techniques to portray “characters” that are made to be stereotypes of a certain demographic. Race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, and many other characteristics that make up a person have been and are being stereotyped in reality television programs. In some cases, people are cast to be in the show because they satisfy a certain stereotype. In other cases, people are made to be more exaggerated representations of their demographic through editing and instructions from producers on how to act while in front of the cameras. This study will try to determine the reasons behind this phenomenon. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Many reality television program producers have admitted to selecting certain people out of the large number of possible candidates to fill certain roles (Roscoe, 2004). Some producers cast one person to cause conflict and drama with another person on the show. This could be through conflicting personality types...
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...advertisements, magazines, and television. Today’s media have been more inclusive of different ethnic minorities, as the numerical representation of, for example, African Americans has increased. The media, however, have been condemned for exhibiting and perpetuating the racism still existent in our culture. This critique is due mainly in part to the media’s contribution to the social construction of minority stereotypes. Through the media, stereotypes generally distort the images of minority groups, thereby revealing white Americans’ attitudes toward minorities, particularly African Americans. The most dominant attitude promulgated by the media is one that emphasizes low status roles of African Americans. Although more minorities are being represented in contemporary media, the progression of race relations is often diminished by racist overtones that insinuate inferiority of African Americans. Subordination of African Americans through media stereotypes reflects an asymmetrical stance on race relations. An asymmetric race relation is founded in the notions of white domination and black inferiority, with whites on the higher end of the seesaw. While most degrading stereotypical portrayals of African Americans as slaves, porters, coons, and bucks, have faded, depictions of African Americans still remain unfavorable. The issue with these stereotypical representations, regardless of whether they are true or false, is that they depict African American caricatures as narrower and more disparaging...
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...their lives. The movie “Crash” brings out many different problems and racial stereotypes between people. The two most changing characters in the movie are Officer Ryan, who plays the Police Officer, and Anthony, who plays the thief. This movie shows many different points of view from black people and how life as a police officer. Racism is shown in various ways in this movie and one way was throughout the eyes of Anthony, aka Ludacris. In the beginning of the movie Anthony seems to feel he is the victim and seems to be the good guy, but turns out to be contradicting to himself and doesn’t realize that he is the one who contributes to the stereotype he is trying to infer. In a scene in the movie Anthony says, “That waitress sized us up in two seconds. We’re black and black people don’t tip. So she wasn’t gonna waste her time.” Then Peter responds, “So, uh… how much did you leave?” Anthony says, “You expect me to pay for that kind of service?” This shows how big of a hypocrite Anthony is in the beginning of the movie. Anthony is the racist in this scene because he thinks he is the one who is being viewed as one but really his actions make him the racist. Anthony then steals a white couples car, so he is obviously the bad man in this movie so far. Throughout the movie Anthony comes off as an untrustworthy criminal character, who steals car for a living. In another scene Anthony tries stealing a black detectives car and the man ends up kicking his ass and keeping the car with...
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...authority and attire. Gloria offers to drop the harassment charges in exchange for Peter to attend a sensitivity training program. This produces little effect; therefore Peter went to a women’s retreat, where he was the only man. Peter didn’t quit telling offensive jokes until he experienced pain comparable to childbirth. He returned home to his wife, but he suddenly encompassed the general stereotype of women. He would look in the mirror for way too long, worry about unplanned pregnancy, and looking after his nails. Lois goes next door to Quagmire’s house to enlist the help of Peter’s friends to change Peter back to his previous...
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