Thursday, January 26, 2017

Racism and Our Younger Generations

As the younger generation of todays club grows older, social and broadcast media be becoming increasingly more(prenominal) influential. In a existence where everything any unity sees is constantly beingness sh ard, liked, and affix or reposted by peers, teens are being brainwashed to stand what the media says is popular  or pay . Racism, among many of other prejudices in the world, is one of the very things being pushed on young adults and teenagers through with(predicate) the internet and social media apps, as well as news text file, books and Television.\nThe mindless story The Medias Image of Arabs indite by Jack G. Shaheen is most the Arabs of modern society (and peradventure even historical society) who are constantly being viewed as the icky guy or the lesser man in Ameri drive out movies, video recording shows, and books. Shaheen wrote, A dictionary informed my youngsters that an Arab is a vagabond, drifter, hobo and vagrant.  (pg 86) Even one of the most official of books includes uninventive definitions of what a certain someone is based on their destination and/or skin color. Shaheen withal wrote about American television shows which broadcast the Arab as the bad guy of the show. These racial separations and injustices belt up happen today in many television shows and can be seen daily. Shaheen wrote When totally image-makers truly begin to treat Arabs and all other minorities with respect and dignity, we may begin to unlearn our prejudices.  (pg 87). This iterate is a subtle room of telling the leaders of the media (society) that if they blockage showcasing racial discrimination, racism would non exist. Although there are other things which work on and teach racism to people, racism will slowly get under ones skin to a halt when the internet, books, and papers stop making racism the undying subject of America. \nZora Neal Hurstons improvident story How It Feels to be biased Me is a view of racism from her own perspective the eyes, mind, and person of a black woman. Hurston does not view ra...

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