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: As media is also largely controlled by the Caucasian groups, advertisements, entertainment and news industry serve as extremely powerful tools for the dominant culture to reinforce their racial privilege through institutional racism by perpetuating biased stereotypes on other racial ethnicity groups. With the power of mass media, the racial privilege is further elevated as the minority groups may internalize the negative stereotypes, develop low self-esteem and fewer would seek for higher education, which increases the inequality between the dominant group and minorities. On the other hand, implicit stereotypes caused by the brainwashing mass media validates the unequal privilege based on races. ( Padgett, n.d). 3.Justification for militarism and inequality
Repeated negative racial stereotypes are also favoured by some governments as the justification for military actions and exploitation towards other countries. 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.