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Protesters are exercising their rights of freedom of speech and freedom of peaceful assembly. It is sad to note that we are still seeing many forms of racism in the United States. One wonders whether racism will ever come to an end or not. Is racism better now or getting worse than during the slave trade period?Whoever is the creator of music videos should not be creating music videos that carry demeaning messages against any race.
Whatever we can say on this board will not change anything, after all, who will hear us? Who will support our views?It is crystal clear that there are still many people who like the so-called “race superiority.” Such group of people is still living behind because the contemporary world is now agitating for more diversity. Even in Europe, Asia and Africa, they are all calling for diversity, that is, having all races mingling together whether at work, in schools, colleges, universities and all other public places.
Those protesters will win the war of racism because they have the law on their side, and the world will support them. The majority of mankind is good regardless of race, gender and nationality.Music should be disseminating good messages to every age group. Music producers should be concentrating on producing music which is educational without demeaning or insulting any one or any race.
We should live in peace and love one another regardless of difference in racial origins. Moreover, no race is more superior than the other. We are all equally created by One God. Love is the only way to promote peace. Therefore, let’s go out and promote love, reconciliation, unity and diversity.
Nathaniel
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Race,Gender and Media
A Confession of Sorts
It is a pity to see that Journalists can make such a serious mistake especially in the case of Ms. Walker’s death. Journalists are supposed to be working within the ethics of journalism, where are the ethics of Journalism. There are no ethics of Journalism in this case.
Yes! Everyone makes a mistake but this kind of mistake is so grave that no one can comprehend how a professional journalist can make such a grave mistake.The problem with many journalists is that they like making their own assumptions and write a story based on personal emotions, especially when the story is about the “hard news.” This is where they make most of their money.
It’s time to make innovations in the journalism professionalism, an innovation that will embrace all the elements of journalism ethics. Journalist should stop writing stories based on personal assumption and emotion. These devices can serious injure a journalist’s career.
The class should learn a lesson from this story. There is an old say in English “Prevention is better than cure.” In other words, journalists shouldn’t report a story to the public without getting all the facts first. They should engage into inductive reasoning as opposed to deductive reasoning. Get all the facts before publishing the story whether it’s hard news or soft news.
I repeat, prevention is better than cure.
Nathaniel
It is a pity to see that Journalists can make such a serious mistake especially in the case of Ms. Walker’s death. Journalists are supposed to be working within the ethics of journalism, where are the ethics of Journalism. There are no ethics of Journalism in this case.
Yes! Everyone makes a mistake but this kind of mistake is so grave that no one can comprehend how a professional journalist can make such a grave mistake.The problem with many journalists is that they like making their own assumptions and write a story based on personal emotions, especially when the story is about the “hard news.” This is where they make most of their money.
It’s time to make innovations in the journalism professionalism, an innovation that will embrace all the elements of journalism ethics. Journalist should stop writing stories based on personal assumption and emotion. These devices can serious injure a journalist’s career.
The class should learn a lesson from this story. There is an old say in English “Prevention is better than cure.” In other words, journalists shouldn’t report a story to the public without getting all the facts first. They should engage into inductive reasoning as opposed to deductive reasoning. Get all the facts before publishing the story whether it’s hard news or soft news.
I repeat, prevention is better than cure.
Nathaniel
Race,Gender and Media
IS BLACK BACK?
This question “Is Black Back” is a rhetorical question. Black has always been there since the creation of the world, since God created Adam and Eve. There is nothing wrong with the noun “Black.” In fact black is the original color of all colors, No color can be made without the existence of the black color, no wonder black is beautiful. No wonder the father of Soul James Brown told his Negro people to “Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud!”
The only problem is the fact that white racists perceive the noun black as “evil,” yet black is beautiful. Those who think that black is evil are simply uncivilized, hence, there is no need to spend so much time on this debate whether black is back or not.
We have now seen it in the American culture that black is indeed beautiful and, it is very important to be 100 percent black in the USA political arena. If you claim to be an African American person, you must have 100 percent black blood in your genes, that is, your parents must both have 100 percent black blood from black African ancestors. If you have mixed blood from different races then you are not recognized as a Black person, it means that you are not black enough to claim that you belong to the Black African Race,that’s means that you have no race, hence, the stereotyped society will perceive you as “ the lost generation.”
If you are a politician, your political antagonists will use your mixed color as a weakness to campaign against you because they will percieve you as "the lost generation."It’s a blessing to be born from both parents who have no foreign blood in their genes, whether they are black or white. It’s a curse to be born from mixed blood (Coloreds).You are better off to just have 100 percent of black blood or 100 percent of white(caucasion ) blood in your body.However, no skin color is superior over other skin colors, we are all equal and should just love one another and stop racism.
This question “Is Black Back” is a rhetorical question. Black has always been there since the creation of the world, since God created Adam and Eve. There is nothing wrong with the noun “Black.” In fact black is the original color of all colors, No color can be made without the existence of the black color, no wonder black is beautiful. No wonder the father of Soul James Brown told his Negro people to “Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud!”
The only problem is the fact that white racists perceive the noun black as “evil,” yet black is beautiful. Those who think that black is evil are simply uncivilized, hence, there is no need to spend so much time on this debate whether black is back or not.
We have now seen it in the American culture that black is indeed beautiful and, it is very important to be 100 percent black in the USA political arena. If you claim to be an African American person, you must have 100 percent black blood in your genes, that is, your parents must both have 100 percent black blood from black African ancestors. If you have mixed blood from different races then you are not recognized as a Black person, it means that you are not black enough to claim that you belong to the Black African Race,that’s means that you have no race, hence, the stereotyped society will perceive you as “ the lost generation.”
If you are a politician, your political antagonists will use your mixed color as a weakness to campaign against you because they will percieve you as "the lost generation."It’s a blessing to be born from both parents who have no foreign blood in their genes, whether they are black or white. It’s a curse to be born from mixed blood (Coloreds).You are better off to just have 100 percent of black blood or 100 percent of white(caucasion ) blood in your body.However, no skin color is superior over other skin colors, we are all equal and should just love one another and stop racism.
Videos and Web sites for Class
In the video, the advertiser is only advertising ladies with slim bodies as usual. It’s not strange to advertise slim or skinny bodies. This kind of advertisement is some how discriminatory. Yes! I think advertising the so-called skinny beautiful ladies is discriminatory because fat women are never advertised in any fashion shows. It’s a pity that fat women are not perceived as “beautiful women.” Fat women are perceived as being “ not beautiful, un attractive women” and most men don’t want them. Moreover, there has never been a fashion show which has used fat women to advertise their new fashions, why not?
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