Today I decided to see what was on television. I haven't really seen anything, because of school work,errands, and other responsibility.
A lot of my friends no longer watch any of it because of how slanted the representations are. But I think it is important to watch for this reason. Perception is reality, so what messages are we sending out as a nation, people, and society?
Past the commercials urging you to purchase your happiness, I found another great example of this. I found a program on the History channel called “Gangland”.
In this program are scattered accounts of gang violence and culture presented by rappers, journalist, law enforcement, and former gang members.
In theory, this should provide an unbiased account of this culture, but it only further the stereotypes that propel the culture into prosperity.
The journalist even went as far as to say that they were devoid of human emotions.
Fear mongering, mixed with greed propel the cycle to continue. When we only air the killing, drugs, and our rejection of this as a society, we only further the problem. Why do we always allow ourselves to shortchange our own intelligence in this manner.
The contexts of subcultures are always in reaction to the public at large. We cannot reject these people, as simply not being people because it makes it us-but more importantly makes us feel better.
