Cultural and Social Identity of Blacks in Media

Throughout the years, there have been many forms of racial inequality in the media.  The media attempts to establish a certain perception of blacks to the audience.  Unfortunately, we have seen this perception to be socially and culturally demeaning. In many media cases, young black men from the "ghetto" are considered to be criminals.  Black Women are also negatively portrayed.  For example; according to the Entman-Rojecki Index of Race and Media, 89% of Black female movie characters are shown using vulgar language, while only 17% of White woman are. Black women are shown as being violent in movies 56% of the time compared to the 11% of white women. Are blacks really a more violent race? The statistics say no, they are not (www.raceandmedia.com).