Culture and Communication Psy-350

Abstract

Culture and Communication [Name] [University] PSY-350-0 [Instructor Name] March 26 ,2023 Being an African American woman has taught me one thing about society today, all odds are against me. I wish to recant saying that I’ve never personally felt racism. While here in Illinois, we may not be passing laws that directly affect black people, however it doesn’t mean other states aren’t. To bring awareness to this situation, Mississippi’s Senate passed a House Bill that would expand police to areas of Jackson Capitol that had the highest percentage of black residents of any major U.S. City. It’s just a start to what many call Jim Crow 2.0. To take Florida for example, they have instituted restrictions on how schools and businesses can teach concepts that are race-related. This brings worry to how my child’s future will turn out. Black families are portrayed in the media as violent. A black man in the character of a man of infidelity or absent parenting. The mother is a strong independent black woman who’s always angry. The children who grow up in a ghetto and have a strong distrust of authority figures. These are roles that I see in multimedia that black people are. We look at shows such as Love and Hip-Hop, and Crime Stoppers. This portrayal of violence in society that is mainly at the hands of African American men, society starts to associate how dangerous the world is with my race group. The stereotyping of African Americans being hypersexualized, uneducated and violent. Young black men are often labeled as gangsters or players. That black people live on welfare and are lazy and criminals. How I spoke before that black women are seen as angry black women that appear loud, aggressive, and bossy. I’ll never forget playing video games online and being...