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The Negative Portrayal Of African Americans In TV Shows And Movies

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As the technology develops over time, media became a big part of the modern life. News, radio, broadcast, TV shows and movies are the main ways of spreading information through media. However, the media can be bias; the media can portray and influence the people in both a negative and positive way. One of the examples will be racial stereotype in television shows and movies. People of color are normally portrayed as inferior to the white people. Movies based on medieval time, the black people always have character like the slaves and the servants. On the other side, there are also movies that portrayed black people as successful layers and doctors.
Examples of good portray of African Americans on the silver screen, such as Michael Clarke Duncan’s
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