Dehumanization In Media

In the media, it is often portrayed that some criminals are mentally ill or thugs based on the color of their skin. The media call minority groups thugs and terrorists, but describe white groups as mentally ill. The media change the way minority groups are seen by the public by dehumanizing them. One victim Mike Brown, was he killed not only with his hands up without a weapon. His body was lying in streets uncovered for hours. The image of his body was posted on social media. It shows that black people can be killed for no reason and left uncovered because they aren 't important. When people on social media see that police officers can kill someone, leave them uncovered, and not be charged with the murders, they begin to think that minority groups are not people and that

Zimmerman, at the time a neighborhood watchman, killed Trayvon Martin. Martin was walking back from the store where he brought an Arizona tea and a pack of skittles. Zimmerman was found not guilty and did not have to serve time in jail. This case invoked the belief that blacks can be killed and the killer will not be granted jail time. The way people on social media and the news talk about the President Barack Obama adds to the dehumanization of minorities. Even though, the President has lowered gas prices and the unemployment rate, he is still considered a bad president. The media suggest that it is acceptable not to respect the President just because of his skin color. On the news, the anchors talk badly about him and call him a “nigger.” When viewers look at the news and hear how the people on the news speak about the president, they start to believe it is tolerable to discriminate against minority groups. They begin to speculate it is fine to call blacks “ niggers” because the news anchors are saying it and nothing is happening to them. When racist people get away with saying and doing racist thing, it gives off a precedent of