Subliminal Stereotypes Of African Americans In The Media

Prior to completing this course, my view of African Americans was that we were a people who had never overcome and had come to a stand still. I believed that we were in a worst state than our parents and grandparents. I believed we were in a state of self inflicted ignorance, a mental slavery, that was the result of laziness and a lack of motivation. I fell victim to the subliminal stereotypes that were portrayed by the media. I began to believe that we were content with unsatisfactory living conditions, and that we were the savages that we were seen as.

After completing the class, I learned that we must be advocates for change. The ignorance that I previously thought of as self inflicted was actually a thought process that had been engraved