Viewpoints on Stereotypes

Almost all types of media form viewpoints on issues.  In the reading, there were newspaper articles, excerpts from books, and a few transcripts that take deeper looks into many modern stereotypes.  The first article about stereotypes in sports promoted the message that we have stereotyped black basketball players and made them into the former black vaudeville, where white actors would paint their faces black while portraying a black person.  The author argues that todays black athletes are beginning to behave in a black vaudeville manner--the manner society thinks they should behave.  The next article argues that hip hop is driving the stereotypes of athletes, especially basketball players.  Hip hop and basketball have become intertwined, and hip hop has become associated with black culture as a whole.  The third article changes the focus from black athletes to Latin American baseball players.  He argues that young dominican boys are having their dreams made to seem a bit too easily accessible.  They are told of all the players that make it to the US and play in the major leagues; however they are not told few of these players actually get any play time.
After this, the focus shifts to women, first in sports, then in gaming.  2 Sports Illustrated covers were shown featuring women.  These women are depicted as strong, yet still maintaing a sex appeal.  In the transcript of the news report, an interesting point was made: women are followed outside of the athletic field more than men are, mainly because of their sex appeal.
The next 3 articles are about gaming and are an article or excerpt from a book.  The first focuses on female gamers and the fact that young girls don't really have any games to grow up to.  Society expects girls to basically stop playing video games around the pre teen age.  There could potentially be a large market of females looking to buy video games if the right games are developed.  The second is the article in this group.  The author argues that females within games are not properly portrayed and are there mainly for sex appeal to males.  The challenges of making practical female characters are discussed.
The final article we had to read discussed the effect of violent games and was basically promotes video games, especially the cultural aspect of the games, that is, they unite people and bring them together.

So basically, information about stereotypes is being thrown at us from all angles and all media types, even if we don't quite realize it.  Every word written and every picture published has a specific reason for being there.

That was a massive amount of reading for this blog.

Also, foo fighters and system of a down rock.  that is all.  goodnight.
^I'm sitting next to Rooks as I type this blog and he hijacked my computer to type that in; I decided to leave it as a personal touch.