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Ustwo · 08-07-2006, 07:36 AM

I'm not sure if the media is really to blame.

Look at TV, try to find negative black role models these days. You rarely see a black man as the villian/thief/murderer unless he has a white partner, there are plenty of black male heros in movies (not any females I can easily recall but thats pretty much true across the board for all races), adds show the happy black upper middle class family almost exclusively, even in the news they shy away from pointing out race, which is absurdly comical on the radio when they give a at large suspect description without race.

So where is the negative self image coming from? Part of it is the dominant culture which is white, helps define what is 'good' by default. One of the subjects I had to study was facial beauty, as it applies directly to my work. A study was done showing US Hispanics and Mexicans line drawn profiles. There was no indication of race outside of the profile itself. Some profiles were the classic 'Caucasian' profile, the others were more Hispanic (there are differences). The US Hispanics thought the Caucasian profiles were more attractive than the Hispanic ones, the Mexicans were more prone to take a Hispanic profile as the more attractive.

What does this mean? I'm not sure tbh, but I think its something of a 'pack' mentality. If a majority of people start to think something is good, better, more attractive, others will start to agree.

Edit:One thing that would have to be looked at is where those kids grew up in that video. Was it a predominantly black neighborhood, or white. If they were surrounded by mostly blacks and picked the white dolls it would say something different than if they were surrounded by whites and picked the white dolls.

08-07-2006, 07:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	I'm not sure if the media is really to blame. Look at TV, try to find negative black role models these days. You rarely see a black man as the villian/thief/murderer unless he has a white partner, there are plenty of black male heros in movies (not any females I can easily recall but thats pretty much true across the board for all races), adds show the happy black upper middle class family almost exclusively, even in the news they shy away from pointing out race, which is absurdly comical on the radio when they give a at large suspect description without race. So where is the negative self image coming from? Part of it is the dominant culture which is white, helps define what is 'good' by default. One of the subjects I had to study was facial beauty, as it applies directly to my work. A study was done showing US Hispanics and Mexicans line drawn profiles. There was no indication of race outside of the profile itself. Some profiles were the classic 'Caucasian' profile, the others were more Hispanic (there are differences). The US Hispanics thought the Caucasian profiles were more attractive than the Hispanic ones, the Mexicans were more prone to take a Hispanic profile as the more attractive. What does this mean? I'm not sure tbh, but I think its something of a 'pack' mentality. If a majority of people start to think something is good, better, more attractive, others will start to agree. Edit:One thing that would have to be looked at is where those kids grew up in that video. Was it a predominantly black neighborhood, or white. If they were surrounded by mostly blacks and picked the white dolls it would say something different than if they were surrounded by whites and picked the white dolls. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps. Last edited by Ustwo; 08-07-2006 at 07:38 AM..