Recognizing Stereotypical Images Of African Americans In Television And Movies
Contents of Curriculum Unit 96.03.05:
* Narrative
* Lesson Plan
* Lesson Plan
* Lesson Plan
* Notes
* Films
* Television Shows
* Children's Reading List
* Teachers Bibliography
To Guide Entry
The practice of racial stereotyping through the use of media has been used throughout contemporary history by various factions in American society to attain various goals. The practice is used most by the dominant culture in this society as a way of suppressing its minority population. The Republican parties use of the Willie Horton image in the 1988 Presidential campaign, is a small example of how majority groups have used racial stereotyping in the media as a justifiable means to an end. The book Unthinking Eurocentrism by Stam and Shohat supports this notion when they write "the functionality of stereotyping used in film demonstrates that they (stereotypes) are not an error in perception but rather a form of social control intended as......
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