Stereotypes In Newspapers

In the 1800’s tensions were rising between the whites and Indians over land. One of the Indian tribes called the Cherokee would be forced to leave their land due to a law passed by Congress called the Indian Removal Act, which detailed the relocation of Indian tribes to a new territory. Because of the law being passed, The Cherokee nation decided to make a strong case to the United States court for keeping their land in Georgia and North Carolina. In their plea to the government, the Cherokee people focused preserving the land of their ancestors and reminding the United States government, they were an independent nation whose rights should be protected under the law.

The day the colonists first set foot on American soil marked the beginning of an arduous struggle for Native Americans. When the colonists first arrived, there were ten million Native Americans; over the next three centuries, over 90% of the entire population was wiped out due to the white man. The removal of Native Americans marks a humiliating period of United States history. President Andrew Jackson attempted to consolidate the Native Americans when he told them “‘circumstances render it impossible that [they could] flourish in the midst of a civilized community. [They] have but one remedy within [their] reach, and that is to remove to the west. And the sooner [they] do this, the sooner [they] will commence your career of improvement and prosperity.’” In contrast to Jackson’s justification for removal, historians such as Charles Hudson describe removal as a “‘gentle, almost antiseptic word for one of the harshest, most crudely opportunistic acts in American history.’” A number of American people were opposed to removal, the most notorious of which included newspaper editor Noh-Noh-He-Tsu-Nageh. Author Walter T. Durham seeks to illustrate the abdominal nature of Cherokee Removal in his article "Noh-Noh-He-Tsu-Nageh and the Cherokee Removal” through Noh-Noh-He-Tsu’s personal accounts and through the flaws of the various treaties signed with the Native Americans.

The year is 1830. You are out in your farm, gathering food for your dinner. Suddenly, Cherokee Indians burst out of the nearby woods and drag you away by your hair. At their camp, they tied you to a wood pole and build a fire around your feet. The last sensation you feel is sweltering heat as a wave of black consumes you. This is a small taste of what it was like back in 1830. Before the United States was as large as it is now, the U.S. kept bumping elbows with its neighbors, the Indians. President Andrew Jackson introduced the Indian Removal Act to give the U.S. some room. The Creeks and Choctaw Indians already moved out, and only the Cherokee Indians remained. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and withdrawal of the Cherokee was justified because they were bloodthirsty, the U.S. needed room to grow, and it’s not the worst thing in the world for them.

The decision of the Cherokee removal led to misplaced families, 4,000 murders committed by the United States government, and lowered the Native Americans into a new place of powerlessness. The conclusion of the Cherokee removal that the Jackson administration had come to was an unstoppable one. Nevertheless, the Cherokees were determined to block the Indian Removal by becoming civilized in the Americans’ eyes, building their own nation, and eventually bringing court cases and filing complaints when their people were ignored.

There has always been a big debate on whether the Cherokee Indians should have or should not have been removed from the land they resided on. Although the common consensus of the whites was for removal, and for the Cherokees it was against removal, there were some individuals on each side that disagreed with their groups’ decision. The Cherokee Indians should have been removed from their homeland because the Cherokees would not have been able to survive on their own with the way they were living, they would not have been able to exist amidst a white population, and if they were removed, the whites would have helped them create a new and prosperous civilization.

Robert V. Remini argues that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 was socially motivated by humanitarian impulses, and that Jackson’s actions where driven by the desire to save the culture and populace of the Native

To shed light on a difficult and brutal moment in American history, authors James W. Parins and Daniel F. Littlefield compiled a two-volume book about the horrors of the Indian removal act. In it were bear witness to the atrocities committed against the “Five Civilized Tribes” as they are forcibly removed from their ancestral homeland. Parins and Littlefield give clear clinical accounts of the Cherokee Nation’s struggle in arguing for its national sovereignty as well as its failure to prevent the impediment by the state of Georgia into its territories. Disillusioned at any hope of repealing the influx of removal by Georgia, some Cherokees abandon their homes while others were forcibly removed. Those that did leave peacefully enough left with what they could take with them including those who were kept in bondage. Though bounded to the land in the Cherokee Nation, these slaves faced a precarious disposition much the same as their masters magnified only by their servitude which traveled with them. They suffered the same hardships and underwent the same ordeals on the great trek to new Indian Territory. Yet despite this knowledge, not much of what happened is widely presented to

Children are often labeled as the future of today’s society. Their minds are the ones that will lead us to greatness or, ultimately, set us back in advancement related ways. Their brains are easily impressionable and must be molded in ways that give them the necessary tools to be outstanding, productive members of society (Bee, Boyd, 2014, p. 266). Today, there are so many different channels that the media have access to. It is nearly impossible to monitor what children are exposed to. Numerous studies have been conducted in hopes to measure the effects exposure to media can have on young adults.

A person’s image is presented by the media, and causes other human beings to stereotype against different minority groups. The media plays a big part in manipulating human beings and making them feel insecure about themselves. Since the dawn of media, there has always been a separate on people lives. Human beings have been put into categories based on race or socioeconomic standing. The media becomes a biased angle that will only focus on one small portion of an event to cause stereotyping, and other racial issues to arise.

We can't believe everything we see. I even catch myself looking at pictures and see if I can tell if it is real or not. It depends on the reason for changing a picture but I believe in some cases there should not be change. Like models and actors photoshopping their pictures.

Even though many people are turning to the World Wide Web for many things, classified ads in newspapers still exist, and they are a good place to start looking for reliable, but cheap cars for sale.

Mass media is a form of socialization. It utilizes many ways to communicate with the desired audience. Media, especially through advertisements, shows the viewer something it can relate to, therefore, establishes a connection between the spectator and what is being advertised. In these ads, messages are communicated with the audience. These messages are so repetitive that with the constant media exposure we create social and racial stereotypes. These days, media is doing their best to diversify advertisements to include all races, genders, and sexual orientations. However, stereotypes are still present. African Americans are advertised as multiple racial stereotypes in today’s media and using advertising examples and sophisticated readings I will discuss how African Americans are represented in our culture and how they are so much more diverse.

The media plays a very important role in everyone’s daily life. It is where most people gain information about what is going on in the world, in the lives of celebrities, in politics and in things that will affect their day to day lives. However, due to the importance of media and how significant of a role it plays in society, the media has the ability to create or conform to stereotypes that eventually become intertwined with the way society functions. By normalizing these stereotypes, those who are categorized by them end up having to abide by these stereotypes or portraying themselves as someone they aren’t, so they can be safe and live peacefully in their neighborhoods. Melissa Harris Perry talks about the stereotypes that black women have to endure, and how they change the way these women see themselves. More importantly, these stereotypes cause black women to feel a sense of shame, which drastically changes their lives. Janet Mock also criticizes the media and its portrayal and coverage of the transition of Caitlyn Jenner, and how the amount of coverage that Jenner was able to receive is an example of privilege that other transgender individuals do not have because most transgender individuals have to undergo this transition in secret, so they do not encounter any harm. She also argues that we shouldn’t look at transition stories through one lens but rather through an intersectional lens.

The media has a huge impact on issues concerning race and ethnicity Depictions of certain groups of people in the media can impact the way in which these groups are perceived by others as well as by members of the same racial/ethnic category. The way in which racial/ethnic groups are portrayed in the media can either harm or benefit these groups. While African Americans have attained a degree of parity in terms of the quantity of depictions in television and movie time, the quality of their onscreen personas are more or less based on societal stereotypes. For South Asians, little has changed over the years, there on screen characters are based on long-standing media definitions of South Asians. Within these rare images, a limited set of characterizations often predominates, such as the spiritual guru, the taxi driver or convenience store owner; most recently in the last two decades these roles have switched to the the tech-savvy nerd and the brown terrorist.

The woman appears on the television screen. She has flawless skin. As she peeks out from behind a wall the admirer can tell she is wearing only a bra and an attractive pair of underwear. The image skips to another model who is no more than a size two, not an ounce of cellulite visible to the viewers. She has the illusive thigh gap and the infamous double chin is not a feature that these girls have experienced. The 12 year old girl looking down to examine her breasts and find the eight percent of body fat poking out slightly instead. She grabs her stomach and sucks in with the hope that when she lets go it will no longer be there. Body dysmorphia and negative self-image compiled turn into eating disorders that arise from the supposedly ideal yet unrealistic thin body messages plastered across media. The “thin body” identity portrayed upon women has a large role in today’s society while the influences come mainly media, social and non-social.