Meera's Blog

The documentary was incredibly eye-opening. I have taken criminology classes before as I'm a law and society minor, but I hadn't realized the depth of how bad the criminal justice system truly was. In the documentary, they had said that the criminal justice system was the newest way of discriminating against African Americans and I felt like I suddenly snapped awake. I had never once thought of it like that, but once presented with the evidence, I realized that's exactly what it was. I genuinely felt sick to my stomach after realizing that. The police and criminal justice system allows for the discrimination of Latino and African American groups, but now, it’s on legal grounds. “On April 20, 2021, a jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder and related charges - a rare outcome for a police officer on trial for killing a person while on duty” (Golash-Boza, 2022, p. 354). This is insane. If it were literally anyone else on the stand, they would be serving a minimum 20...

I think that positive representation of all racial groups in is so crucial for youth in society. This is because the youth is really easily impressionable. By having positive representation, the youth will have more positive interpretations of different groups. This can help reduce negative stereotypes and perceptions of other races in youth. In their most formative years, it's imperative to teach children tolerance and teach them the importance of race. Not just that but with children of color, it's important that they see themselves represented positively on the screen because it helps shapes their perception of their race. By having positive representation, they can feel better about their race and have more acceptance for who they are. Stereotypical representation in the media can really effect the experiences of the entire group. When you make media that emphasizes stereotypes, the public tends to take that dramatized version and apply it to real people. Simu Liu says that...

       The article I had read was "Race was something we didn't talk about": Racial Socialization in Asian American families. As an Indian-American, I felt like I really connected with the article. When I was reading the article and was looking at theme 1, I felt as though I really resonated with the responses the participants gave. Often times, when I was younger, race was never really discussed. It was a bit of a forbidden subject for us. I grew up in a really non-confrontational family, which I've heard is a really common theme for a lot of kids who grew up Asian-American (AA for short). I was always taught to be kind and respectful to people just as subtheme 1b "treat people equally" (Young et al., 2021, p.6 stated. One of the most common things I remember my mom telling me growing up was "treat others the way you want to be treated, regardless of what they look like". I think that a lot of the advice given in the article was very similar to st...