Impact Of Social Media On African Americans

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As a child I watched television shows, and movies where African American’s played a role. Though, my first encounter with an African American was when I was 14 years of old and visiting my Aunt Eleanor, where she lived in a Dallas/Fort Worth suburb. She took me to the mall which housed an ice-skating rink where the gentleman who cleaned and distributed the shoes at the shoe counter was a Black man. Therefore, I do not have much experience with African American people. However, the media whether it be on the news, movies, or social media depict African Americans in a different perspective from what was mentioned in chapter 13. Furthermore, the perspective from a professional African American woman is obviously a better version from what has

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