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Media And Racial Tension Essay

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Kadie Sizemore
Honors Humanities
Misuraca/Pelster
September 21, 2017
The Impact of Media on Racial Tension With all of the new forms of media, whether that be social media platforms, television, or online news sources, it is certain that media is an influential part of people's lives. Media is known to express people's opinions on various topics, one of the largest topics in 2017 is race. The media unintentionally provides support to race-related uproars by illustrating misleading news stories to the community, highlighting government bias, and increasing the overall likelihood of repetitive patterns in racial tension. Undoubtedly, each community has its own unique social norms. What can be said of all communities, however, is that race influences a great deal of how the people there function in their day to day lives. In a PBS documentary, Policing the Police, a resident of Newark states that “After the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, I took this cell phone video of cops trying to put down the protests.” Since the creation of cellphones, there has been a giant growth in social awareness and involvement on racial issues. Minorities can use this technology to instantaneously raise …show more content…

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