Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Looking at these two images, you cant help but think about rage. Pictures and media could be very misleading. Misleading in the sense that because they captured that moment on camera, that is the moment that they judge the whole controversy on. In society today many people from different countries have different perspectives on different cultures. For example, many people from different countries look at America as this wealthy, perfect nation. Which is not the case at all. Today society puts a sterotypes almost every race possible. For example when somebody says Arab, the first thing that pops into an Americans head is terrorist and disrespect. They think this because this is what the American Media has put them out to represent for a long time, especially after the events of 9/11. Yes, there are a lot of things that support this sterotype, however people fail to consider that not all arabs are terrorist and that they are normal human beings just like us. Not only do they expose arabs as these 2 sterotypes in news media, they also expose arabs in this manner in television and movie media which are two of the main things that Americans enjoy watching. In T.V. shows and movies that have Arabs, the arabs are usually terrorist or the enemy that is always wanting to start a war. I belive that in our society today we fail to look into other racial perspectives which is why we are so bias about almost everything we do.

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