Sexism and Racism in the Media

Although the media doesn’t directly advertise sexism, it definitely supports it in an underlying way. In the beginning of movies there was still a sexist attitude towards women so all of the hero’s were men. This mentality strengthened the notion of the helpless woman being rescued by the heroic man. Throughout the decades this trend stayed constant and still continues today. Granted there are some new movies coming out recently with female heroines but the majority of movies stay with the recurring theme of the man rescuing the woman. Even though most of us are not sexist we do have sexist attitudes toward certain ideas which can be blamed in most part by the media.
These ideals are also apparent when dealing with racial issues. Because of the movies portraying black people in a certain light, many other cultures picture all blacks to act in that same way although many times this is not the case. This same stigma goes for Asian people, Indian people and even white people who cultures see in a different light because of the way they are portrayed in the media. If for example you have no Indian friends, you will have preconceptions about how these people will act, not because of how other people act but how they are seen in the media. Even though we are not racist there is a subconscious notion that all people act as they are portrayed in the movies and media.