Marcus Anderson, Media and Judgements post 4

In our last class, we watched a skit on the "gingers". After watching that skit, I began to think of the Dave Chappelle show on comedy central and how he also in his skits does the same things. Now, even though there we all got some humor out of "stereotype" comedy, there are a lot of things wrong with it. I believe that in our society today, how the media and film portray stereotypes, is how one gathers his or her feeling about different people and different races. I myself growing up had to deal with the " Dave Chapelle" skits in my high school. Now, I was one of the few blacks in my senior class. The majority of my friends and kids in my school were white. There would not be one day that didn't go by without me hearing " hey dude, did you see the skit on Dave Chappelle". There would be instances when these kids would try and repeat some of the things they heard on the show, which is very offensive rather it be repeating what someone heard or not. If I took a pole out of all the students, I bet about 80 percent or more would believe that what they see on TV and film about stereotypes is very well and true. I believe that there is a great danger in people trusting the media about they stereotypes that they display on film and television. We must discover the truth before making a judgement about different races.