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A 10 page observation that the obvious exclusion of blacks from positions of high visibility and high influence in the broadcasting industry relates to the recognition by those in power that black faces would not be accepted into the living rooms across America. This paper analyzes the historic prejudices which have been waged against blacks and suggests that to address the discrimination which is apparent in broadcasting we must address both the intercultural factors and the intracultural factors which are responsible for the ever widening cultural and racial gaps. We must work from the inside of broadcasting to put blacks in influential positions but we must work from the inside of black families to make them realize that they too can be both professional and successful. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPblkNws.rtf
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The face of the evening news is a white face. It is a face which many would have the audience believe reflects that
of the U.S. as a whole. Nothing could be further from the truth, however. The face of the U.S. is a multicolored face. That face is largely
absent from broadcasting as a whole, however. The reasons for this discrepancy is deeply rooted in U.S. history but it is equally deep-rooted in human nature.
The fact that the world of broadcast and, indeed, the world of the media as a whole largely excludes African Americans recognizes that a
persons color, his or her race or ethnicity, can be one of the most important factors in determining the way that person will be accepted by mainstream society and the
privileges which will be granted by that society. Multiethnic and multiracial societies such as that which is found in the U.S. present numerous societal frictions and concerns which translate
in far too many cases into blatant discrimination. Numerous factors are at play in this discrimination and these factors exists both within a culture and outside it. The
manifestation of this discrimination in the media is really not that surprising. Marger (2000) in "Race and Ethnic Relations : American And Global
Perspectives" notes that many of the problems which confront us today extend back to the original colonization of this country by the Europeans who invaded the homelands of the Native
Americans. Similar occurrences have occurred all over the world between what Marger (2000) chooses to call the "dominant culture" and the indigenous inhabitants of the countries which they invaded
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