When you hear about immigrants in the media many in America think of this quote “"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best. They're sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems. They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards and they're telling us what we're getting."(CBS News) Unless you live underneath a rock you know this quote was said by Donald J. Trump during his presidential campaign in the 2016 election. This was heavily criticized by the media [besides Fox news which is honestly not surprising] for its outlandish and very fictional nature but it makes one question about how immigrants are portrayed in the media. What are immigrants really like? What do they do for America? …show more content…
Immigrants from Mexico aren’t stealing highly coveted good paying jobs from United States workers. Many are working in the fields or in low skilled jobs that most white America’s don’t work. In Working in The Shadows Thompson goes to work in the lettuce picking fields in Arizona and manages to be one of the few white Americans that continues to pick lettuce for more than a few days. He references how many only have a high school education and can’t get into higher education for one reason or another. These immigrants or descendants of immigrants work hard and long days that can span from 8am to 10pm harvesting. With these long days with little breaks it’s hard to do much especially criminal activity. One worker even told Thompson he moved there to get away from drug
There is many controversy about how many mexicans are taking away white people jobs. In the poem “ So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans” the persona is explaining the idea on how americans are making mexicans look bad as if they are doing crimes for simply trying to find a stable job to provide a home and food for their families. They come with the hopes for a better future for themselves and for their children not to be treated inhumanely. I argue that they are not stealing the jobs from americans but are only looking for a better way of live for them and their families. Mexicans only take the jobs that the americans don’t want and that is underpaid basically anything that’ll help them live day by day.
Immigrants are hard workers; however, the Americans are viewing the immigrants as lazy and as a burden to The United States when in actuality research shows that, some immigrants come to The United States legally although they may not have papers to work legally when they first arrive. For many immigrants the process to get legal documentation to work is a long, tedious, and expensive process. Even though this issue is very common, many immigrants are positive and productive contributors in society. On the other hand, there are immigrants who are roaming around the streets, and
I would argue that Dana Mastro’s 2015 article titled ‘Why the Media’s Role in Issues of Race and Ethnicity Should be in the Spotlight’ makes an important contribution to our understanding of the media’s role in the construction of perceptions of racial and ethnic groups and how these perceptions effect the social position of the people that they are about .This is largely because the media plays a huge role in an individual’s daily lives and it is very difficult to avoid its influence, at least partly, due to its frequency at which it is consumed. Moreover it provides a very good overview of many of the issues regarding race and inequality which makes it very good for Its intended purpose, to encourage further research into the area as the writer sees it as important. First Mastro argues that ‘media exposure has been determined to play a meaningful role in matters ranging from the construction and maintenance of racial/ethnic cognitions (and emotions), to expectations about intergroup relations, to policy decision making, to perceptions of self and identity’ (Mastro,D.2015.pg.1/2) .
The media has failed to cover both sides of the situation. Most articles talk about the negatives, but very few incorporate the views and reasoning for immigrants. Many immigrants migrate to America in search of a better life, better jobs, as well as safety and opportunity. For many immigrants jobs, safety, and opportunity are not available in their living environment. All of these factors cause immigrants to make the journey to America in search of the American
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.
People assume that immigrants are here to do bad and no good whatsoever. These people think things without knowing anything about how they want to have a better life, an “American Dream” and they help the economy out. They aren’t here to steal anybody’s job because they are just like any other human—trying to make a living. Everyone just wants a good life and that what those who migrated wanted, too. With that said, this article is biased, like all debates made. This is based on evidence, but evidence that represent immigrates, not as a whole, but as a proportion of the evidence
Ethnocentrism is a popular topic in the media today. From comparing cultures to adjusting to new changes, it can be difficult to fully understand what exactly defines an ethnocentric person or situation. My choice for an ethnocentric topic in the media or T.V. is the popular show called Wife Swap. This show has it all; drama, tension, suspense, action, and thrills. Although it may sound like a dull program, it displays the adventures of two households and two families who swap wives for a certain amount of time.
Illegal immigration has been a hot topic for conservatives and liberals for decades. The twenty-sixteen presidential race has swept the controversial subject back into the limelight with the concern regarding Mexicans. Liberal media like ABC, CNN, NBC, the United States Government, and CBS have claimed that illegal immigration from Mexico hit a net zero in two-thousand-and-ten and since more Mexicans have left the United States than have arrived. The University of New Hampshire, a source of liberal propaganda, did a study based on census data in twenty-fifteen that claimed that Mexican immigration has decreased by 50% in the past five years under President Obama. Democrats use facts to try and dismiss the growing issue of illegal Mexican immigration but everyone knows the numbers don’t add up with the respectable folks of the rural south. Rusty Smith, a resident of the guns-for-all community in southern texas, claims that about half the people he's come to encounter recently are mexicans. Rusty claims that “Mexicans are stealing our Jobs. I took a few months of for work because the weather was so nice and when I
Race in the media is a very sensitive issue now a days. When it comes to minorities we can still see that the media portrays us in a bad light. The image of blacks in the American media has changed over the past two decades with the civil rights movement, changes in attitudes towards minority groups, and increased sensitivity on the part of those who and project these images. An examination of the image of Blacks in the articles and advertisements to show attitudes subtly represented, and these attitudes can be linked to historical and social realities of the time.
Everyone in life wants a better life for themselves and their next generations. Many people in different countries are migrating to The United States for one or two main goals. Those two goals are a better opportunity for employment and education. Which in turn, accomplishing either one of these goals will provide a higher quality of life and a sense of importance for themselves and their family. However, Americans view the immigrants differently from what they are. Some Americans view the immigrants with different stereotypes such as being lazy system abusers, dangerous criminals, and job thieves, just to name a few. However, these stereotypes are not true and does not represent the majority of immigrant. In actuality, immigrants are very disciplined, hard workers whom are also highly motivated opportunity chasers, where in these ways they should and need to be viewed by Americans.
The definition of race is often based on physical characteristics such as skin color, hair texture and eye shape. Race is both a set of genetically defined biological characteristics and culturally defined characteristics. One influence on culture is the media and the media have a huge influence on the way different races are viewed by society. The media consists of communication devices and some media forms include television, newspapers, magazines, film and radio. Misrepresent can be defined as to give a false or misleading representation with an intent to deceive or be unfair.
How do the different U.S. mainstream media such as newspapers and other types of news like television networks portray recent debates about illegal immigration? There will be a main focus on the New York Times representing the U.S., being one of the top prestigious papers of this nation, and the trusted channel CNN. With the variety of sources now established, we can now compare and point out its differences as well as similarities, and analyze the point of views of the people involved. As we compare these two sources, I will not only observe the article’s facts and interviews, but also, the way they portray immigrants and officials on the chosen images. We will also see distinguish the real facts from the ones that framed as facts by
Statistics indicate that forty million citizens, or 13% of the entire U.S. population, are foreign born. I am one of these forty million. Unfortunately, discussions about immigration have come to revolve around curtailment, rather than about immigrants themselves. Presidential candidate Donald Trump has risen to fame by painting immigrants as “murderers, thieves, and rapists.” Trump’s popularity signifies a radical shift from the time in which the words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... I lift my lamp beside the golden door,” were boldly inscribed onto the Statue of Liberty. Immigrants are no longer seen as people, but as a pathology. Even discussions about the benefits of immigration aren’t about immigrants themselves, but about what immigration can do for the national economy. As if an immigrant's value to society can only be measured in terms of capital.
Indigenous Studies is a very interesting unit as I am able to learn and discover more in depth about Indigenous People. However, the lecture that got me into deep thoughts was on Indigenous People and the Media. I kept asking myself; why do we view people that way? Why is it we change impressions when it’s a different race to ours? Now thinking back, I’ve come to realise that media has a big influence to our everyday lives. Indigenous Australians in media are not highly recognised for positive news. The way the media interprets sources of information about the Indigenous Peoples has change the views on what we think of them. Now this has become a huge effect on the Indigenous Peoples as it lead to stereotyping, racism and discrimination.
We live in a society in which media has such a great influence on us, yet the influence is only in certain aspects and on certain people. “Mass media is arguably the most influential in molding public consciousness” (562). People might think that media is managed by a combination of different people but in reality, since the number of media companies is decreasing, only certain people control the industry and what gets to be put out to light. Since media is mostly controlled by a few people who belong to the 1%, the information that goes into the media is influenced by their beliefs as well as race, class, and even gender. Media influences every aspect of our lives since “media plays a key role in defining our cultural tastes, helping us locate