Underrepresented DAY!

**This post is for Race Gender and Media Class**

In class, we discussed how men are discussed in the media within symbolic annihilation.

The reading was about native american team mascots. The argument really isn't about sports, it's about race. There are more than 80 schools that have them as mascots, but were adopted because of local history. The author of the article said that white europeans established some of these mascots based on stereotypes.

I liked the "Fighting Whities" slogan, "Everythings gonna be all White"


You never hear about homeless people unless they are stereotyped. They fall victim to a lot of crime and disease. I found it shocking that half of the homeless people in America are women with children. The media looks at them as something to laugh at -- uneducated and low class.

Gay Day

***For Race/Gender/Media***

I thought it was interesting how the video brought up the journey of gays and lesbians into the mainstream media.
Gay men used to be presented only if it had to do with HIV or AIDS. This is something you hardly see now. It has been replaced by gay parenting situations.
The presentation of GLBT people is a little reliant on stereotypes and sometimes it is sensitive to differences for people from different backgrounds.
I also thought it was interesting that even though Viacom launched LOGO in 2009 to create a gay niche, transgendered characters are still being symbolically annihilated.