Recently on TAM airlines a 50 year old called for the air hostess when she realised she had been seated next to a black man. She informed the hostess that she needed her seat changed immediately as she could not sit next to a coloured man.
The hostess announced that no one should have to sit next to such a vile and unpleasant person and that a spare seat in first class had been arranged. Turning to the black man asked him to grab his bag and follow her to his new first class seat.
In 2008 with the election of Barrack Obama, first black president, racist attacks and acts of discrimination have increased exponentially.
Racism seems to be a natural part of life for some, with people feeling free to express their prejudice views in any situation.
Before the civil rights
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While there was an increase in positive media representations for some time, during Obama’s election campaign and after he was elected the media soon slipped into their old ways
During Obama’s presidential campaign news stations and papers used his skin colour to deter voters and incite fear in the American public.
These tactics seemed to work because and AP poll taken in 2008 after Obamas’ election showed that more than 51 percent of Americans had anti-black attitudes and most believe that this number has only increased in the years since.
Articles released before his election spread conspiracy theories about his place of birth and whether he was actually American. This caused white American organisations such as the Klu Klux Klan to become more prevalent and daring in the U.S with cases of racial discrimination increasing exponentially.
The increase of racial attacks and racially motivated media articles is unacceptable. The media representation of African American’s in recent times is most definitely a major contributing factor in these rising