Media Views of African Americans and Women

It was disturbing to see that African-Americans (dark skinned-vs-medium dark skinned) are considered less intelligent, more likely poorer, and also more likely to commit a crime. Bottom line...skin tone is everything. You'd think by now, we would have gotten way beyond those archaic stereotypes. African American women are portrayed as unhuman, maybe animalistic in media.

Women's views in media were also archaic. It appears that sex objects (yet innocent) or photoshopped perfection in media is most prominent. The video said it all. There is a double-standard between men and women. Stereotypes abound. Beautiful, young, thin, and white women are the only ones truly accepted in society today. This keeps women powerless...in submission. In many media spots, women are silenced by this.

Women in ads are potrayed as "asking" for sexual violence. This is sick.

Men are portayed as violent, bullies. They are almost always depicted in a dominent role. This starts when they are very young. The only time this role is reversed is if there is a white woman/girl with a black man/boy (even then, it still might not be reversed).