about Lauren Potter. She is a 22-year-old girl with Down syndrome, who stars on FOX’s hit show GLEE. This specific article is about the eighteenth episode in season four, titled Shooting Star, which was aired shortly after the Newtown shootings in Connecticut. In this episode, Lauren Potter’s character Becky Jackson brings a gun in to school. The school goes into lock down and after they are released the GLEE club members learn that is was Becky who brought the gun. In this article Lauren’s mother
With the recent increase in the popularity of shows like Modern Family and Glee, it is important to analyse the role of women of colour in these shows and popular culture as a whole. Unfortunately, the Latin characters usually assign the worst stereotypes. In popular, Latin Western culture they have the Latin look tanned skin, dark hair and voluptuous bodies. They are empowering with their spirits that can only be the result of many years chugging tequila. However, on the reverse, Latinas are also
faces stereotyping in the media. One common stereotype is the Christian extremist. This is the Christian that holds a strong religious stance and will go over the top in order to preserve these beliefs. This can be evident in The Shawshank Redemption. In this television series, a prisoner is depicted as the Christian extremist that likes to hand out Bibles and recite verses to his fellow inmates. Entertainment industries portray these types of stereotypes because they amuse viewers and generate higher
bisexual characters, the media should portray them correctly, but that does not occur often. The media rarely depicts bisexuals properly, but instead feeds into stereotypes and misconceptions of bisexuality.
show the creates or enforces stereotypes. America’s Next Top Model is a great example of this because the judges pigeonhole African American contestants into categories of “Black [bitches]” and Asian Americans are assumed to be all one race (Pozner 399). Something to keep in mind is that not all of the television shows that perpetuate stereotypes are reality television shows. Actually, there are other American television shows that are fictional and still enforce stereotypes; some examples of television
amount of racial stereotypes present in the media today is appalling. Every day it seems as though the general public is flooded with images of different races behaving stereotypically. These stereotypes are presented across all media platforms but television is definitely one of the most obvious. These racist stereotypes are typically a subtle norm in the world today. The fictional characters that we are most often exposed to usually fulfill the publicly known racist stereotypes. People grow up associating
Mosley’s adaptation of the hard-boiled genre in Devil in a Blue Dress stages an examination of the new possibilities for black empowerment in the aftermath of the Second World War” (1). Walter Mosley utilizes his detective story to challenge racial stereotypes and
depicted in the media as working class heterosexual couples with several obedient and loving children. While this traditional family ideal is still evident in media culture today, television shows in the 21st century have begun to redefine this stereotype. With the legalization of same-sex marriage and trending topics regarding fertility issues like surrogacy and in vitro fertilization, the image of an all-American family unit is changing rapidly. These transitions are clear in NBC's groundbreaking
One can even go a step further, stating that the ad stereotypes the Chinese public as being extremely determined at achieving their goals (stereotype of a hardworking Chinese citizen). The ad also features elements unique to the Chinese cultural landscape. For instance, in order to enter a college in China, all students must undergo a singular test that
As a result, the media paints a negative image of individuals within the black community. Frequent and repetitive exposure of these subtle and sometimes blatant forms of racism desensitizes us and as a result makes us less responsive to these stereotypes. An example this is an interview of a four-year-old boy who was misquoted by the reporter. The reporter labeled as a future thug on the streets of the black community streets. The following is an edited version of the