cause of many reasons: Millions have been taught that a black man is liable to steal, attack, or murder a person based on their skin color. Of course this is not stated as directly as it once was, but nevertheless parents are still subconsciously preaching this to their children. These myths have been passed from one generation to the next and is negatively affecting blacks. As a consequence, millions accept and act out stereotypical images . There are three stereotypes offered today and taught to many: the angry black stereotype: Always pointing his finger at the rest of the world and had appeared so often that it was all that people knew. The noble Negro, who was always victimized by whites and could only be saved by the good will of other whites. And the urban outlaw stereotype, which is the violent or criminal outlaw that is most popular today. What is left out is the middle class, the people supporting a family, volunteering at school, attending church, and seeking the American dream . The black male has often been depicted as a thug, hoodlum, a gangster, and as a man with an itchy trigger finger. This is obviously why many young people have grown to be subtly racist their toward fellow Americans, while others have grown such hatred that they form radical organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, Neo Nazis, and skinheads. Hate crimes are still evident and not as uncommon as many people believe. Great masses of African Americans are victims of a brutal and inhumane system of enslavement . Although these are stereotypical, and often false, representations of African Americans many people believe them because of what they are fed through what is a very important weapon against blacks: the mass media. “For blacks in America, the weight of media stereotypes is an enormous burden to carry every day” . At many times when a black man is portrayed on the television he is usually wearing baggy pants, waving his hands in the air ma...
