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    Personal Reflection The concept of gender and race representation in media has reminded me that the representation of people of color is not visible. The push for people of color to act on certain stereotypes shows that the media wants them to be portrayed in a certain way. The media pushes white people into positive leading roles that make it difficult for people of color to gain opportunity. Media uses its power to dissociate themselves on their reasoning on why they do not cast people of color

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    with a bunch of their friends, they are more likely to do bad in that class. One reason being that they are comfortable around those people (Paul 7-11). He also states that race and gender affect people's ability to do well in school (Paul 15-18). In the second artical, Paul states that when doing labrotary expirments, race comes into factor again. Certain ethnicities done better than others

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    individuals and groups. This distribution is not random, it is patterned and structured. Three important axes of global inequality are gender, race and ethnicity, and class. These inequalities are on a global scale and are found in virtually all societies. It wasn't until relatively recently, however, that a caste system developed to include race and ethnicity among class and gender. Since imperialism and the conquest of the America's, a number of social changes have occurred, and, as a result, the dominant

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    The effects of Gender, Race, and Class as shown in Tv shows This section of this paper, I will use three TV show to highlight the issues of Gender inequality in America, and how this affects us not only economically but, also the political side of Gender Inequality. In addition, I will explain the unchallenged culture of male dominance in a leadership position while excluding women who are work twice as hard working as their male counterpart. The word race is a big issue, but I will explain how it

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    Lila Stark Professor Christopher McBride ENG101 A02 Composition I November 22, 2016 Wage Gap, by Gender and Race There is some controversy regarding the wage gap, some say it is only a myth. Yet statistics show that women worldwide receive less pay than men regardless of profession. Politicians have make laws to help with the wage gap nonetheless, they are not making sure the laws are enforced. Some men do get paid less than other males however, it’s probably due to their lack of credentials

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    Throughout the second season of ABC’s American Crime, there were an extreme amount of ways in which race, sexuality, gender, and ethnicity were depicted, troubled, and interrogated. While watching the second season of American Crime in class, it almost seemed as if the entire series was made just to explore each and every component of this course, Ethnics 1010. The series successfully explored through numerous situations with all of these important components that we have discussed throughout the

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    The representations of race, class and gender in the media promote various forms of oppressions. Ideologies of class that commemorate the upper class and diminish the lower class are seen in many programs. Ideologies of gender that discriminate women and promote sexism, ideologies of race that misrepresent people of color are mostly created by people who have different perspectives and ideologies. For instance in a 2008 television commercial for the Japanese cell phone companies, a monkey is shown

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    Eron Huynh Engl 313 Professor Wexler 29 Oct 2015 Korra: A Departure from Gender and Race The Legend of Korra, an animated television show by creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, is widely acclaimed as Nickelodeon’s most progressive and, at times even described as subversive and socially disruptive, series. It follows the journey of Korra, a young heroine and most current incarnate of the Avatar line, through her trials, tribulations and growing pains. Her story is one fraught with

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    differs in religion, gender, race, social class, likes, dislikes, and many more. I however, am a white, Christian female whose family settles in the middle class. Being a white middle-class female gives me many advantages as well as disadvantages, and I see the world differently then the person that might be sitting next to me because of these influences. Also, these influences determine my social stratification and where I ranked as an individual. Social class, race, and gender are three influences

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    really came far in the fight for racial and gender equality in America? We have made constant strides towards equality, but there is still a substantial amount of work to be done. The road ahead will be long and difficult, but for our society to become better we must learn how to be equal. According to Oxforddictionaries.com to be equal is “(of people) having the same status, rights, or opportunities”. The controversy within the topic of race and gender causes hatred towards individuals, nevertheless

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