Alexis Lyles
May-2-2012
College reading and Writing
8th period
Committee: Political
Topic: The Media Portray African Americans in a Negative Way
Sponsor: North Lawndale
To the Social Justice Community, specifically to African American males, ages 13 through adulthood,
Deeply Concerned that African Americans would be criticized and judged because of the way the media portrays we will be stereotyped by other ethnic groups,
Realizing The media portrays us as negative,
Encouraging: African Americans to challenge stereotypes, go up against negativity to prove the media wrong,
Affirming: we are stereotyped by other ethnic groups,
Stressing: We are the ethnic group that is chosen to help the media receive high rankings by showing African Americans negatively,
Taking into account:
May-2-2012
College reading and Writing
8th period
Committee: Political
Topic: The Media Portray African Americans in a Negative Way
Sponsor: North Lawndale
To the Social Justice Community, specifically to African American males, ages 13 through adulthood,
Deeply Concerned that African Americans would be criticized and judged because of the way the media portrays we will be stereotyped by other ethnic groups,
Realizing The media portrays us as negative,
Encouraging: African Americans to challenge stereotypes, go up against negativity to prove the media wrong,
Affirming: we are stereotyped by other ethnic groups,
Stressing: We are the ethnic group that is chosen to help the media receive high rankings by showing African Americans negatively,
Taking into account:
- Proposes that African Americans should come together and try to make a change towards the media by demanding they focus on statistics that show our improvement and positive change that exists today;
- Applauds Black Entertainment Television or portraying black Americans in a positive way;
- Suggest that people to ask questions about what they see in the media;
- Expresses the media to talk about the positive things we do such as the percentage up to date graduates male and females which is 70% of females and 50% of males in the past two years who actually goes to college;
- The feeling that a lot of ethnic groups have things in common and change has occurred and will continue.