Hunter College author, Pamela Wonsek in her journal, “College basketball on television: a study of racism in the media”, believes that the media plays a role in racial stereotypes and maintaining the dominance of white culture. She supports her claim first by explaining the stereotypes the white culture have made about African American, then she says, ‘since the entire coaching staff for men’s basketball is traditionally male, the paradigmatic choices are black or white… the overall image is white” (Wonsek 453). Displaying that even if the team was majority consisted of African Americans, but during a sport game most the people are whites, and finally African American are overrepresented in sports advertisements. Wonsek’s purpose is to reveal to audience the media portray young African American as an athlete only. She adopts an objective tone to show the intended audience on how African American’s are being portrayed by the media.
Hall, Ronald E. "The Ball Curve." Journal of Black Studies 32.1 (2001): 104-19. Web.
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Hall in his journal, “The Ball Curve Calculated Racism and the Stereotype of African American Men”, demonstrates the racial stereotypes African American gets. He justifies his claim by first explaining, “European Americans have relied on stereotype to call attention to racist beliefs that characterize African American men in a derogatory context” (Hall 106), then backs up saying from a novel called, “Bell Curve” comparing intelligence between African and European descent. Hall’s purpose is to reveal the harsh truth of stereotypes about African American in order to demonstrate what they are suffering. He establishes a formal tone to the racist people to realize that not everyone is the