The Effect Of Diversity On Asian-American Culture

We honor the best and whitest. Neil Patrick Harris’s opening line at the Oscars in 2015 does a good job at pointing out one of the flaws of the award show that Richard Brody so passionately writes about. The article, while aimed at the Oscars, however, encompasses a wider issue. According to Brody this issue is “the whiting-out of movies about black experience.” and looking at the past two years of nominations and winners, I wouldn 't say he 's wrong (Brody 1). Brody uses logos to point out the overwhelming evidence of “the best movies by black filmmakers have gone utterly unnoticed by the Academy” (Brody 2). He names actors like Danny Glover and Alfre Woodard who have never been

Diversity in films is important because representation matters. Viewers are drawn to shows with ethnically diverse lead cast members. Mostly all viewers love to watch shows that reflect and relate to their own experiences. Reddigari, a freelance writer, also expresses the question of why we lack diversity in films. “Hollywood has been producing inspiring films intended to capture the beauty, joy and sorrow in everyday life. As much as we love our favorite movies, we can’t help but notice that many of them fail to capture the life experiences of all moviegoers, leaving the voices of millions of Americans from diverse backgrounds underrepresented” (This Tumblr Shows the Startling Lack of Diversity in Film). Diversity in films is an important topic in society because it represents equality and people of color to look up to.

Over the years television has been known to be one of the major educating and socializing institution in America. Television in today’s society is able to play a powerful key through which individuals can be informed, hold forums, and voice their opinion‘s. Television is also important because it offers us glimpses into minority life and minority figures. When sociologists examine minorities in television they document how minorities are portrayed and how those portrayals have changed over the years. Through time, minorities in television have been able to make moderate gains whether they are in front of or behind cameras. However, they continue to remain significantly underrepresented as leading actors in films, as writers, and as TV show creators. Even though minorities are significantly underrepresented in today’s society the TV industry has been pushing to give an opportunity to many minority groups in succeeding in the media. Several TV shows and commercials have succeeded in the TV industry to try and change how minorities are underrepresented, however, there are also shows that reinforce stereotypes and are prejudice towards minorities.

What really is considered too white? Why doesn't tv show more of a color diversity? Should television even be used to demonstrate equality between whites and people of color? Although it may be true, there are statically more white's than black's in the U.S. ranging from 75.1% to 12.3% according to the Demographic Statistics. However as the years continue on, equality between African Americans and whites are still being battled throughout the U.S. as African Americans are still being slandered for the color of their skin. So as a fellow African American citizen myself, television wouldn't be a bad start to show how people of color and whites can actually get along on the big screen.

In the Academic Journal “The Use of Social Media in Teaching Race” by Kathy Nakagawa PhD. Nakagawa says people who speak about race the most are those who don’t have authority or accurate knowledge. When we talk about different races we usually talk about what we have heard, not what we actually know. Kathryn Sorrels, the author of the book, Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice said, “Often the assumptions, stereotypes, and attitudes we hold about people from different cultures or distant countries come solely or primarily through media and popular forms such as movies, TV programs, and celebrities (Sorrels 125).” Sorrels then gets her audience to think about if it is the producers fault or the actors fault for taking the role. Sorrels later talks about the 3 areas to look at when studying popular culture. Only 2 and 3 are very important, “(2) textual analysis, where the actual product or text – the TV program or film … is analyzed for symbolic meaning and narrative content; and (3) audience analysis, where the means and interpretations that viewers/reader/listeners decode from popular from popular culture text are investigated. The information is something to consider when viewing a sitcom, how does the audience know if the information is accurate. Most viewers just believe most of what they see on

During the process of producing a television series, the demand for the producers to introduce their characters with only their highlighted traits make it impossible for viewers to gain a deep understanding of the community that the characters represent. One of the stereotypic traits that is usually seen on movies and television shows is societal difference that each race is placed into. Michael Omi in his article In Living Color: Race and American Culture stated that “in contemporary television and film, there is a tendency to present and equate racial minority groups and individuals with specific social problems” (546). There are many films and television shows found today that ground racial minorities into a specific social problems that are related to the color of their skin. It can be inferred from the current popular culture that this stereotype still persists.

I agree completely with Monika’s claim that lack of representation, whitewashing, and stereotypes are the issues in American media. I think the media don’t understand the importance of diversity and how it positively impact society. In fact the author’s stated that absence of minorities in shows where set in cities that have high present of minorities population which means that there are a race better than others and that’s what is going in the media displaying white race as more intelligent, affection and other races can’t survive without the white race .In the article the one the issues with whitewashing was replacing minority roles to white actors. However, The media argues that representing the minorities as mine characters may lead to

The case is that if you believe that there is no racism in Hollywood, then you have already been influenced by it. The small racial representation can continue to affect our future generations, this means your future children. We as the viewers need to make our voices heard by demonstrating that a film of color can be as successful as a predominantly white film. Therefore, I encourage you to go watch films that portray a person of color in a positive way and consist of actors of color; we need to exceed the box-office, since in the end a large impulse of any business is to have a large income and show the Oscars that actors of color are also very talented and deserve at least a

In the past two years, not a single actor of color was nominated. This was highlighted in opening monolog of last year's host for the Oscars Chris Rock who stated in his opening fifteen seconds of his speech “Well I am here at the academy awards, otherwise known as the white people's choice awards” Now even though this was a joke to bring up a controversial topic presented by the media at the time it still brought up the fact and the idea lack of racial diversity. I believe that though there is no proof and hard evidence except for

In his essay, “In Living Color: Race and American Culture,” Michael Omi links television shows to the notable classification of race in America. He argues that media’s depiction of racial stereotypes influences the thoughts as well as attitudes of Americans towards their surrounding racial groups. Similarly, in the articles “Put on a Happy Face,” “Working Class Whites,” and “Being an Other” Benjamin DeMott, Angeline Price, and Melissa Algranati provide examples of television shows to deliver their points of view. DeMott discusses the fictional relationship between Caucasians and African Americans which is often represented in popular culture but does not reflect the reality of everyday life. He criticizes some television shows for depicting

Not only as a tool of entertainment, television also serves as an instruction tool because television can be the reflection of culture, race and gender. Because of the diversity of the audiences, expanding diversity is necessary in the television industry. More and more shows begin to feature minority group; however, the representation of minorities still has issues of underrepresentation and stereotype because producers believe casting minorities can’t make money. It is no doubt that white actors disproportionally dominate the screen and minority actors are often characterized as criminal and immoral roles. The colorblind casting and a diverse writers’ room are effective measures to solve those challenges.

The point in this is to call attention to the lack of diversity in entertainment, the inaccurate and stereotypical picture created in the minds of the majority race viewers, and that

Some people say that tv is too white but tv may be majority might be white but there are sitcoms with other ethnic bacgrounds as the main character like the hit sitcom blackish made by kenye barris it talks ab out going throught life in 2017 as a middle class black familys even thought holly wood has been critizzed of white washing in films such as ghost in a shell or dr strange but even thought tv is mainly white people can say that sports are mainly black in the nba there are tons of of black atheletes like lebron james shaq Stephen curry even the movies have black charcters like smuel l Jackson I think tv is mostly white but people with ethinic backgrounds are coming to tv slowly but shirly.

In a study of 414 films and television series, only 33 percent of all characters were women, and only 28 percent were of racial minority status (Associated Press). Casting diversely in entertainment has been an issue for years and has recently spawned many controversies such as the 2016 Oscar Controversy where an outrage occurred due to a lack of minority Oscar winners. Many cultures and races fell underrepresented and cast aside by film and television. The entertainment industry should cast more diverse actors because it increases viewership, provides a broader perspective, and creates a more realistic setting.

“Oscars So White” a phrase that began trending on social media sites after the 2016 Academy Awards announce their nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress, it was predominately white for a second year in a row. The movie industry is no stranger to controversy and since its inception it’s constantly been guilty of underrepresenting ethnic people. It’s evident that film is a type of mass media that has a certifiable amount of power to influence audience’s views, yet this platform constantly disregards the need for diversity in favor of stereotypes. Movies such as Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), Scarface (1983), and Pan (2015) are all guilty of this. The depiction of non-American characters in Hollywood movies are constructed around racial