The New Racism on Television

The video that I am about to share with you is something that I just stumbled upon while checking out 3BAAS, a PR firm. While on their page, I saw this interesting video about the set agenda of those individuals, in media, in charge of deciding how the rest of the world sees black people. The narrator spoke about the history, images and lack of power that Black people and other minorities have had on television, which was very similar to some of the things I have stated in the past. In America, the depictions are stereotypical in every imaginable way, without any exclusion. All of our so called "secrets" that only blacks shared with each other, are now open to main stream criticism and discombobulation.

Listen to what is being presented to you, and understand that the creator's intent is to educate you, your children, your neighbors' children and other adults that are concerned about our youth. We must understand our history in order to know where we are headed. I originally created and posted this blog in honor of Black History Month. Since there is so much untold black history, I saw an opportunity to spread the wealth by posting rare historic firsts, inventions and Notables on Facebook. We must redirect our children's focus towards more positive representations of ourselves, thus dispelling myths, negative stereotypes and profiling.

If we do not want our children to fall prey to negative imagery, it's lure and ill intent, we need to read between the lines, and remember that the rules of engagement do not change. We need to maintain the same level of commitment and courage that it took to get us where we are today. In the name of all that was sacrificed and still runs through our veins, we owe it to our future generations.

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