Within our society the media, film, and television teach us the stereotypes of different races in which we gain our preceptions of different races. Here is one example which challenges the 'typical view' of an African Americans in society. Familiy Matters was one of the most loved and watched tv sitcoms of the 90's. This show was about an African American Family who goes through different life struggles as an everyday family would. This show was a powerful example of challenging the typical sterotype in which people may have envisioned about African Americans. Steve Urkel's character was that of a Genius who knew more than he could handle at most times. This is not a typical view in which society places on African Americans. There are a few points that I would like to make about the media and our perceptions of races. Through shows like Family Matters, Smart Guy, Sister Sister, George Lopez, (to name a few) we are moving into an age in which the traditional stereotypes are being challenged in a positive manner. This is a progressional manner but we still as a society have a ways to go. I would like to note that within the 2000's shows such as these ones which showed great diversity and challenged the 'stereotype' have decreased greatly and pretty mich have disapeared. The dominant group has placed controls on what is displayed in the media, films, and television. I believe that due to the dominant influences over the media our youth in society are left to devices such as chapelle show, south park, family guy and other shows such as these to obtain their perspectives and develop stereotypes when dealing with different races. Not once did the actors on Family Matters poke fun at each other for being African American. That ideology that Family Matters once held in the 90's is lost within our society. The negative has taken over and has become more attractable than the positive. What the dominant group allows within our society, will become the ways in which our next generations will view different races within society.
Within our society the media, film, and television teach us the stereotypes of different races in which we gain our preceptions of different races. Here is one example which challenges the 'typical view' of an African Americans in society. Familiy Matters was one of the most loved and watched tv sitcoms of the 90's. This show was about an African American Family who goes through different life struggles as an everyday family would. This show was a powerful example of challenging the typical sterotype in which people may have envisioned about African Americans. Steve Urkel's character was that of a Genius who knew more than he could handle at most times. This is not a typical view in which society places on African Americans. There are a few points that I would like to make about the media and our perceptions of races. Through shows like Family Matters, Smart Guy, Sister Sister, George Lopez, (to name a few) we are moving into an age in which the traditional stereotypes are being challenged in a positive manner. This is a progressional manner but we still as a society have a ways to go. I would like to note that within the 2000's shows such as these ones which showed great diversity and challenged the 'stereotype' have decreased greatly and pretty mich have disapeared. The dominant group has placed controls on what is displayed in the media, films, and television. I believe that due to the dominant influences over the media our youth in society are left to devices such as chapelle show, south park, family guy and other shows such as these to obtain their perspectives and develop stereotypes when dealing with different races. Not once did the actors on Family Matters poke fun at each other for being African American. That ideology that Family Matters once held in the 90's is lost within our society. The negative has taken over and has become more attractable than the positive. What the dominant group allows within our society, will become the ways in which our next generations will view different races within society.
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