Diversity

Diversity and the Mass Media The question of weather the media’s role in establishing racial and ethnic equality is not only very easy to answer but needs to be answered. People need to think of how important it is. People tend to under estimate this power and hate to admit that the media shapes our opinions about people. Most of us will not stand the idea that we stereotype and classify people, let alone …

…media. Perhaps as an Arab, I can totally relate to what Shaheen has written in his article about the media’s image of Arabs. Not only was I furious when I saw Arabs portrayed in movies as primitive, camel riding nomads, but I had always asked my self why? Although Shaheen is from the small minority Christian Arabs, his comments are valid for all Arabs. Arabs have never been treated fairly in the media Lationos,