This
paper explains that, although the
media has come a long way during the past few decades, there is still inequity among
television programming and
ethnic stereotyping within the media in general; ethnic women, in particular, are feeling the effects as concerns
employment and other opportunities in the media. The author points out that, although there are 38 million African-Americans and 41 million Hispanics in the United States, there are only one Black channel and two major Spanish-language networks. The paper relates that research shows that the portrayal of African-Americans in television drama, news and sports coverage has been based on negative
stereotypes that do not objectively or accurately portray reality; moreover, many of the stereotypes encountered in early television, such as lazy, comical and inferior, have been replaced by new, more subtle representations, such as "pushing too hard and moving too fast" to achieve equal rights.
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