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Greater Influence Carries Greater Responsibility Racism towards colored people and minorities in nowadays is not like what it was used to be back in 1600s. From the instances such as Barack Obama becoming the 1st African American President in the United States ever, Oprah Winfrey becoming one of the most influential women in the world for several times, and Psy becoming the most popular Asian singer in the United States. There have been so many improvements made over the last decades towards race and ethnicity, but the Hollywood movies tell a different story. The Hollywood movies make people see and feel the stereotype towards ethnic groups. People often see white males acting the role of Asians or other minorities through the Hollywood movies. …show more content…

Hollywood movies have silently contributed in worsening racial discrimination until now. In early 19th century, people would not accept African Americans to be on the movies unless the role was played by a white person with blackface makeup. The movies made a mocking caricature of the roles and presented the roles racially and socially inferior. Yellowface is another prevalent racism that occurs in the Hollywood movies. Instead of Asians being cast in the role of Asian characters, the directors and writers cast white people to play the role of Asian …show more content…

Directors and writers should be very careful about the detail, content and portrayal of people in the movies. How they portray the roles and the movies influences children’s beliefs and thoughts about ethnicities and cultures. A movie called “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” from 1961 is a great example which has changed the way children think of Asian people in real life. Mickey Rooney is an American actor who played an Asian man character with yelllowface makeup in this movie. The character was portrayed as a bucktoothed nerd Japanese guy. Children who watched the movie might receive wrong awareness about Japanese people. They would think that all Japanese are stupid and look funny like the Japanese character played in the movie. Some people argue that it is all about entertainment and there is no need to take it seriously because nothing is personal. No matter what the movie’s initial intention is, it has bad effect on children which is a big problem in the world where diverse people live together. The wrong stereotyped awareness will be self-perpetuating once it starts to be ingrained in children’s mind. Hollywood movies misrepresent ethnicities to some extent and that can give wrong awareness about them to the

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