Stereotypes Must Die Film Analysis

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Stereotyping isn't a concerning issue that just recently made headlines on the national level, but it has been a constant battle for many minority's groups still today. Over the most recent decades, the Latino culture specifically has been fighting for new ways to establish a new positive cultural identity for themselves. As we see in the "Stereotypes Must Die" reading where Latinos fight for an equal opportunity in the mass media industry and justice over their abrogated image media has painted over their culture for years. Coinciding with the "Lowrider" film where Latinos/Latinas find an alternative through cruising and low riding to avoid the familiar way of life within their community's through violence and gangs. Together we need to take …show more content…

For example, this text relates significantly with the zoot suit riots that were accruing during the same time many of the individuals that were involved received unfair stereotypical treatment and blame for the events. When in fact, the cause and source of the altercations were initiated by white sailors. Occurrences like these where minority groups receive false accusation by white American's today. As we saw in the reading from module 4 of the two white men in Texas that shot themselves while hunting that would go on to blaming Mexican immigrants trying to cross the border illegally. Whenever we see Immigrants in the news it always seems that they portray them to be violent or harmful to society. In many cases, media feels the need to cast the attention to a more intergang topic to where they generate more viewers, which I think continues to contribute to the views and thoughts of many of these stereotypical …show more content…

The Film on the lowrider community takes low riding back to its routes of East Los Angeles giving you a better understanding of how and why this way of life was brought about. Since in many cases it is often misunderstood and interpreted by society today. I found the film to be absorbing and learned many new things about the Chicano identity, in fact, I watched it a second time to break down the film to find topics I missed fully. Also, in the reading "Shot in America" shows you the hardships many Latino/Latinas faced when creating equal opportunities for themselves in media and the general workforce. It made me come to realize that people regardless of race and ethnicity our generation take a lot of things for granted, whether it's a job, social class, or personal life matters. Because at some point or time in history somebody fought for that right for you to be in that position. I didn't find one or the other to be more useful or impactful, but rather both the reading and film were very eye opening to new points of views and reasoning to behind many of the cultural difficulties the Mexican culture has faced over the years. I found it quite beneficial to learning more in depth about a culture I consider to be the most genuine, hardworking, and respectful individuals I

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