Title: Racial & Socio-economic Stereotypes - Stereotypes in the Media
Headings: Racial & Socio-economic Stereotypes
Racial & Socio-economic Stereotypes
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Racial Stereotypes
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Outline
Our mass media is filled with biased racial stereotypes, here are some examples:
Causes of racial stereotypes
Looking through Equity Lens
Media Racial stereotypes in canada
References
Socioeconomic Stereotypes in media
Outline
Causes
Looking through the equity lens
Canada Connections
Refernces

Content: For example, the prevalent stereotypical idea that Arabic people are terrorists justifies American military actions against Arab League. By promoting racial stereotypes through propaganda in media, governments can easily justify their otherwise unacceptable foreign plans (Jiwani, 2013). In addition, when economy declines, the visible minorities in the society are usually blamed and treated as scapegoats for the societal problems. And mainstream media becomes the outlet for blames during economic crisis and further justifies racial inequality (Squires, 2012). Looking through Equity Lens
The equity lens involved in racial stereotypes seen in media are mainly racial and ethnicity lenses. Frequent exposure to negative stereotype cause those racial groups who are being stereotyped normalize and gradually internalize the stereotypes. Victimized groups may develop lower self-esteem, lower expectations, lower motivations and self-doubt. This further leads to a series of negative societal problems, including
fewer people attempting for higher education
high unemployment rate
unsuccessful marriage
poor living conditions
criminality (mediasmarts. 2014)
As negative stereotypes in media lead to stigmatized damage to racial groups, it further contributes to the inequity gap between dominant and minority racial groups. And this process self-fuels the stereotypes, as the more examples of this societal problems displayed by certain targeted groups, the more the stereotypes in media seem to be validated and justified.