In Our Glory Bell Hooks Analysis

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Malcolm X stated that, “the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing”. The media thrives for ratings and increasing the outreach of their shows and sponsors. They want to increase numbers of viewers and if they have to report unfairly or ignore some things they will do that. In bell hook’s article, “In Our Glory: Photography and Black Life”, she talks about how photography gave great opportunities for African Americans to combat stereotypes and show their true colors. However, as technology advanced and media outlets spread, photographic technology in black life turned towards a darker road. A road of oppression. While bell hooks was initially correct that photographic technology combatted stereotypes of African Americans, the media today perpetuates them for ratings and views. Cameras becoming affordable gave African Americans huge opportunities to represent themselves and hobbies that were sanctuaries while segregation was amongst them. “These walls were a space where, in the midst of segregation, the hardship of apartheid, dehumanization could …show more content…

Hundreds of people are arrested in New York daily and the media loves to cover those arrests. People like listening to the sound of other people being arrested for doing something wrong. It brings back fairness to society. However, in a report done by Color of Change, they found that, “Local news stations are representing 3 out of every 4 criminals as Black (75%), when the NYPD’s actual Black arrest rate is only 2 out of 4 people (51%)” (NOT TO BE 4). The fact that there is a 24 point misrepresentation in racial profiling of arrests is absurd. It is clearly shown that if the suspect is African American there is a higher likelihood that a local news station will cover it. They have a picture that they want to paint using only colors of black and

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