In both texts, Benjamin DeMott and Angeline Price utilize negative terms, which sheds light on the unpleasant representation of racial minorities represented by media. This propaganda has created as well as increased the Americans’ aversion towards such groups. In his essay, DeMott discusses movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “White Men Can’t Jump” that portray African Americans as “ugly,” “enraged,” “terrifying,” and “aggressive” people in television shows (DeMott 31-31). Through the use of such intense words, DeMott creates an outraged tone that expresses to the reader how popular culture intentionally displays a dreadful image of the people of color. DeMott describes the “anguish” within the African Americans and how they feel “humiliated” when …show more content…
Her choice of such terms creates a sympathetic tone which is derived from the mistreatment that the African American population receives in America. Moreover, he calls the reader to take action to prevent such devaluation. Like DeMott, Angeline Price discusses some television shows to support her claim that media negatively influences America’s attitude towards the lower class whites. She suggests that media depicts the white population of the working class as “insensitive,” “dirty,” “close-minded,” “uneducated,” and “abusive” group that are known for their “violence,” “ignorance,” and “filth” (Price 649). She explains that such representation builds “hatred” and “aggression” within the Americans towards the African Americans (Price 649). Price clearly sets a bitter tone by her choice of negative phrases in order to attract the reader’s attention and evoke feelings of guilt towards such groups. Both authors use negative word choices that are intended to alert the Americans to the fact that popular culture controls their minds as well as their understandings of