Media Representation of Intersectionality
What are some media influences we have on others based on race and stereotypes?
Poor people are lazy and have dysfunctional families often portrayed by people of color. Middle-class folks have strong family values often portrayed by white suburban families. Clingy is often portrayed by white women. Gay men are often portrayed as flamboyant.
What is the percentage of white students in elementary and secondary education, and what are their graduation rates?
50% in elementary and secondary education and 88.30% graduated from high school.
What is Allyship?
Used to refer to heterosexual people who wanted to support those in the LGBTQ+ community now it applies to those supporting any marginalized communities.
Mainstream media outlets systematically and inaccurately portray black families. What is the ratio according to CNN, Fox News, and ABC.
7(black families) to 0(white families) CNN, 8(black families) to 1(white families) Fox News, 16(black families) to 2 (white families) ABC
What is the percentage of elementary and secondary students are native american and what percentage graduated high school?
1% native american and 71.9% graduated
What have these media representations said about social narratives?
What normalizes how we treat others impacts our assumptions of others. Impacts our interactions.
What is the percentage of students in elementary and secondary education who are Latinx and what are their graduation rates?
25% elementary and secondary and 79.30% graduation rates
What is an Ally?
Works alongside their disenfranchised counterparts sometimes works behind them
Across all news outlets what can we conclude?
The report documented how news and opinion media outlets systematically and inaccurately portray black families as poor, criminal, and unstable than white families.
What can we conclude about graduation rates?
Graduation rates are not the same across racial groups.
59% of poor families were depicted in news media as black even though only 27% of families living below the poverty line are black. 60% of media portrayals of families relying on welfare were black even though 42% of families on welfare are black.
What is the percentage of elementary and secondary education of black kids and what are their graduation rates?
16% black and 76.40% graduation rates.
Who are dorothy and gloria?
Were partners in talking about feminism and racism. standing slightly behind black woman.
Pop culture and the news implications show?
If limited contact with diverse groups, these portrayals shape our reality, and they feel true.
Why are graduation rates not the same among racial groups?
Achievement gap, opportunity gap, and equity gap.
How does the media portray black fathers?
What is absent without evidence?
What is the percentage of Asian Americans in elementary and secondary education and what are their graduation rates?
5% elementary and secondary education and 90.80 graduation rates.
What is an advocate?
May step in front of person they are advocating for.
Pop culture, the news and implications when these realities become widespread?
They shape policies, social practices, and ideologies
What is the correlation to socioeconomic status and gaps in graduation rates?
less money, less nutrituous food, potentially less parental supervision, less time for school work of kids have other responsibilities, less housing security, and more overall stress.
What does the media overrepresent the association between black families?
What is criminality while significantly underrepresenting white families association with criminality?
What is the percentage of elementary and secondary education students who are biracial and what are their graduation rates?
3% in secondary and elementary education and no data on graduation rates.
Who is James Peck?
Freedom rider, 1961
What did Geena Davis institute on Gender in Media conclude?
Top 100 highest grossing family films of 2017 male characters outnumbered female characters 2 to 1 and men take up 60.9 % screen time and 63.7% of speaking time even though family films with a female lead grossed 38% more revenue.
Do the demographics of teachers match the demographics of students?
no, students who teachers matches their race show higher reading scores after controlling ses.