Media and it’s effects on Racial Injustices
Why is history repeating as of racism? It is often said that history is studied to avoid repeating it, but what is not taken into consideration is that it is repeating as time continues to proceed. Racial Injustices have been around for a long time now and it can be drawn back to when slavery was originated. Slavery is known to be started in the 1600’s. In 1619, the first known group of 20 African slaves were sold into slavery. The group of slaves were imported into a colony in America, known as Jamestown in Virginia. The slave owners were known to be British settlers. The slaves that were captive were mainly used to assist with the production of crops , plants and mainly tobacco. By working hard
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In 1979, there were multiple riots in Miami Florida due to racial relations. According to Arthur L. Elis’ article, “Where is Social Work? Police Brutality and the Inner City,” one of the victims was a black successful insurance salesman and a veteran who served in the Marine Corps. It is known that a group of four policeman attacked and beat the man to death. Multiple stories were created to cover his death. One of them being that he was killed in a car accident. In the article, Elis continues by saying that police violence is not new, and that it has been going on for many years now and is continuing to occur. It also mentions that they have experienced and noticed an unfavorable relationship between the police and the black community facing financial difficulties or as they refer to them as the “ghetto.” There was a study conducted where they found out that the number of African Americans that were shot was larger than the other groups. Arthur Elis states that most of the violence between the police and the citizens are young individuals. If percentages were being used, about 50% of those who are killed, not only by the police, are African Americans. This leaves no other option but to believe that there is injustices with in this group of people, and many of them are slowly accepting the fact that this might be true and that the viewers are ignoring the fact that this has been …show more content…
Protesting has always been useful to get attention towards a specific matter. It has been used many times throughout history, and it continues being used today. There has been a bunch of recent protest in our news. It wasn't until recently that the large movement known as the “Black Lives Matter” began. Black Lives Matter is known as the new civil rights movement. With a lot going on within the African American race, it is hard to believe that nothing was going to result from it. There has been a several protests involving this topic throughout the country. The madness for all this began long before in February of 2012. In 2012, a young man named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a man named George Zimmerman. Even though Zimmerman claims to have done this in self-defense, many people believe that this had to do with race. After Trayvon Martin was killed his parents were fighting in court for his defence, and after three years, George Zimmerman was found not guilty. This made the public upset which lead us to believe that this is known to be the starting for the new civil rights movement. Even after this happened, people were still getting injured and attacked mainly by the police. There have been several cases where African American men were shot and killed during a traffic stop. The public is becoming aware that the number of African Americans killed by police officers is rising. Two years later
There are many, many forces — physical, historical, cultural, and political — that shape and constrict the life chances of black males in the U.S. Some of these are longstanding legacies that may take generations to shift. But in other ways, the social, economic, and symbolic place of African-American men and boys is recreated and reinforced every day. In particular, public perceptions and attitudes toward black males not only help to create barriers to advancement within this society, but also make that position seem natural or inevitable. Among the most important mechanisms for maintaining (or changing) these perceptions are the mass media with their significant power to shape popular ideas and attitudes.
Most avid comic book fans would agree that they were less than enthused when Marvel Studios decided to reboot the Spiderman movie franchise in 2012 – just 11 years after the quasi-successful run of the original trilogy (Proctor). As one of the aforementioned avid comic book fans, Marc Bernadin, writer for “io9” (a technology and lifestyle website), rightfully questioned this decision by stating, “in this day and age, does Spidey have to be a white guy?” (Bernardin). This question fueled an Internet phenomenon that forced creators and fans alike to re-evaluate the way that they see the characters they love so much in terms of their race. Media makers and content creators have an ethical responsibility to “represent the many facets of humanity” (Petrou, Jan. 27). ‘Race-bending’ is when a content creator dresses a character as someone of a different race, or changes the race of the character entirely from one race to another (Ibid). In this paper, I aim to explore the influence of social media on race-bending, as it applies to comic book culture and its meaningfulness to the fan community. My principle arguments will draw from an examination of the Marvel comic universe, the #donald4spiderman campaign and the “Amazing Spiderman” movie franchise in order to show that through the power of social media, we are changing the way we root for heroes regardless of their race or ethnicity– moving society forward as a progressive culture.
Black Lives Matter. Women’s Marches. In today’s society, we need not look far to see various examples of civil disobedience. Yet, there is still much opposition on the people’s right to speak up - to fight for their rights. Why is this so, when our country seems to have evolved into what it is today, precisely because of it? It is my firm belief that while the United States of America remains a free society - a democracy run by the people - the protesting of unjust laws and traditions will always have a uniquely positive impact in the country.
This incident would have produced nothing more than another report for resisting arrest had a bystander, George Holliday, not videotaped the altercation. Holliday then released the footage to the media. LAPD Officers Lawrence Powell, Stacey Koon, Timothy Wind and Theodore Brisino were indicted and charged with assaulting King. Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg ordered a change of venue to suburban Simi Valley, which is a predominantly white suburb of Los Angeles. All officers were subsequently acquitted by a jury comprised of 10 whites, one Hispanic and one Asian, and the African American community responded in a manner far worse than the Watts Riots of 1965. ?While the King beating was tragic, it was just the trigger that released the rage of a community in economic strife and a police department in serious dec...
Racism has been an issue in society since the beginning of the idea of race itself. Though African-American slaves were emancipated after the Civil War in 1865, they are still continuously discriminated against for their skin color. For years, black Americans were not allowed to vote, sit in the front of public transportation vehicles, or eat and receive an education at the same establishments as white Americans. Eventually
In the early 1990’s in Los Angeles, California, police brutally was considered a norm in African Americans neighborhoods. News coverage ignores the facts of how African ...
In 2014, the death of Eric Garner in New York City raised controversial conversations and highlighted the issues of race, crime, and policing in neighborhoods that tend to be poor and racially isolated. Garner, an unarmed black man, was killed after being tackled and held in a “chokehold.” According to the AP Polls in December 2014, “Police killings of unarmed blacks were the most important news stories of 2014.” The problem is that young black men are targeted by police officers in which they have responded with the misuse of force and policy brutality. It is evident that this issue affects many people nationwide. The civilians do not trust the police department and the justice system because they hold the perceptions that police officers are immune from prosecution despite their actions. In particular, black individuals, specifically black males, do not feel safe in the presence of police officers because they are not held accountable for their mistakes.
Racism and discrimination continue to be a prevalent problem in American society. Although minorities have made significant strides toward autonomy and equality, the images in media, specifically television, continue to misrepresent and manipulate the public opinion of blacks. It is no longer a blatant practice upheld by the law and celebrated with hangings and beatings, but instead it is a subtle practice that is perceived in the entertainment and media industries. Whether it’s appearing in disparaging roles or being negatively portrayed in newscasts, blacks continue to be the victims of an industry that relies on old ideas to appeal to the majority. The viscous cycle that is the unconscious racism of the media continues to not only be detrimental to the white consumers, who base what they know about blacks by what is represented in television, but also the black consumers, who grow up with a false sense of identity.
Black Lives Matter is not a bandwagon to hop on, nor is it a hashtag or a slogan. Black Lives Matter is a movement. To not support the movement or to think that the movement does not need support is outright depraved, demeaning and degrading. We too often think that retweeting, tweeting or sharing a photo on social media is supporting the movement and it’s not! This is no longer the 1960’s. We have gained our rights: that is no longer the fight. The fight is receiving justice for our black people, so no effective protesting is no longer sitting at countertops, it is no longer peaceful marching and it is no longer bus boycotting The new protest is to educate ourselves, to show respect, to get involved in the justice system, to raise black lawyers, to vote and to do jury duty. All of these things are needed to benefit the movement in stopping the corruptness in our justice system.
Civil Rights were rights guaranteed by the bill of rights, and the rights of citizens to political, social equality and social freedom. The rights were also established by the 13th and 14th amendments. There were so many civil rights leaders in history. Civil rights leaders wanted to get their message across the nation fast. Media was one of the ways that helped get their message across the nation. Media can be associated with so many things. Media could be a newspaper or a magazine. Media could also be a television or a radio. Media had a huge impact on the whole civil rights movement in so many different ways. The media helped develop Civil Rights in the United States by allowing people to view discrimination first hand, and attracted people to the Civil Rights Movement.
Police brutality incidents on the rise for African American’s and Latino’s. In this source the officer that was interviewed only spoke about what he witnessed instead of what he heard. In many states departments are mad because the media are so quick to paint the cops as the bad guys. He suggests people should wait until the facts come out. There are times where people jump the gun and are wrong about the police. The officer says that his job is tough because they’re all human. Also that their job as a police officer isn’t to randomly pick whoever they want to be criminals.
Police brutality is one of the most serious human rights violations in the United States and it occurs everywhere. The reason why I chose this topic is because police brutality happens all the time in the United States and still remains unrecognized by many. Additionally, the public should be knowledgeable about this topic because of how serious this crime can be and the serious outcomes that police brutality can have on other police officers and the public. The job of police officers is to maintain public order, prevent, and detect crimes. They are involved in very dangerous and stressful occupations that can involve violent situations that must be stopped and controlled by any means. In many confrontations with people, police may find it necessary to use excessive force to take control of a certain situation. Sometimes this makes an officer fight with a suspect who resists being arrested. Not all cops in communities are great cops. At least once a year, the news covers a story about a person being beat by an officer. The article “Minority Threat and Police Brutality: Determinants of Civil Rights Criminal Complaints in U.S. Municipalities” by Malcolm D. Holmes from the University of Wyoming, uses the conflict theory to explain why officers go after minorities sometimes causing police brutality. It explains the police’s tension with African American and Latino males. Those minorities are the ones that retaliate more against police officers which causes the officer to use violent force to defend themselves.
.After the shooting of MLK and no justice being brought riots soon broke out and very harsh meaningful protests did erupt as well. After the shooting of Mike Brown the people of St.Louis began to loot and policeman were forced to use tear gas. In the year of 2016 the riots have become ten times worse in my opinion, in 1968 they didn't loot and jump on top of police cars. During the period of 1968 the point of the protests went by the name of blackpower a movement in support of rights and political power for black people, especially prominent in the US in the 1960s and 1970s”(US-History.org ). Similarly in 2016 the people came up with the slogan for their protests ‘black lives matter” when they felt as if black people were still being treated
Protests around the world have taken place to fight for justice in the black community. The immense number of deaths of unarmed black men and women is a clear sign that they are more likely to be killed by police than white people. Physical violence and excessive use of force by the U.S. police towards African Americans are seen in the news regularly. “People, including police officers, hold strong implicit associations between blacks, and probably Hispanics, and weapons, crime and aggression," said Jack Glaser. Police brutality statistics show that African Americans are three times more likely to be murdered by cops than any other race. Racial disparity in the United States is a coherent reason for the increase of criminal injustice in the United
Police brutality is an act that often goes unnoticed by the vast majority of white Americans. This is the intentional use of “excessive force by an authority figure, which oftentimes ends with bruises, broken bones, bloodshed, and sometimes even death” (Harmon). While law-abiding citizens worry about protecting themselves from criminals, it has now been revealed that they must also keep an eye on those who are supposed to protect and serve. According to the National Police Academy, in the past year, there have been over 7,000 reports of police misconduct; fatalities have been linked to more than 400 of these cases (Gul). Police brutality is often triggered by disrespect towards the police officer.