media.. wheres the line? Marcus Anderson 15

In our society today, the media plays in important role of races and ethnicity's within our society. Shows such as family guy play a strong role in the influences of races on the audiences. This show targets a youthful audience. I remember going through high school and even in college always hearing discussions about episodes of family guy. In class we discussed that the creator of this show is white gentlemen. My question that I would have to raise is that how is it that the things in which are portrayed in this show about different ethnicity's be acceptable to the audience within our society. We all as people find racial stereotypes comical to an extent. I believe due to the fact that society finds the show comical that it has the success that it does. My problem that I have with this is that there are two perspectives in which one can view media stereotypes either as a good thing or a bad thing. I would argue that it is a good thing for an adult who understand the comical aspect of the media stereotypes on races and understands that it is just for an entertainment purpose. One negative aspect of media shows and stereotypes in for a young child who does not have an understanding or races and think that the jokes and things that they grasp from shows like family guy are the 'right ways' to think. For young children, there identities that they are gaining from the media in general might be a dangerous thing in the coming future. The media in this day and age is becoming more relaxed about ' crossing the lines' when it comes to races and ethnicity's. We as people need to become educated about the different aspects of different races and cultures, in order to understand what may be accurate or not about people of different races. If we don't educate ourselves, then we are left to the devices of the media and in this day and age is not too accurate.