KIPP:STAR - The Media, Caricatures, and You lyrics

You know Trayvon Martin right? Well,if you don't I'll tell you. he was a 17 year-old young man who was shot to d**h because he looked suspicious to a white watch me. People thought he was no good and guilty, just because of the the color of his skin. the stereotype of violence has been created since the period of slavery time and more stereotypes still exist today. The Mammy caricature was told to be a happy slave. Whites wanted other people to think they liked slavery. People believed that “Black women-were contented even happy as slaves”(Pilgram). The mammy caricatures has been seen in recent advertisement. In the commercial”the Pine-Sol lady may look like a mammy'' because of her dark skin and chubby body(). Mammy is shown in today's ads as a happy black lady doing chores. Mammy is not the only caricature that was made to make other think slaves were not upset about slavery. The Tom caricatures was told to be kind and respectful as a slave. Whites wanted us to believe that most slaves were faithful. Other people believed that Tom was “ portrayed as faithful slaves happy and submissive servants”(Tom Caricature). The Tom a**umption has been in modern ads. In today's media “Uncle Ben is still . . . performing as the adaptation of Uncle Tom . . .”(). In the past and present we are still dealing with stereotypical caricatures talk about slaves being happy and some talk about being dumb. The Coon caricatures is lazy and stupid. Coon are told to be lazy and act like their whites. People believe that the coon is “ portrayed as a lazy and good for nothing“(). The zip coon caricatures has been seen in recent tv shows. The zip coon,Charleston has a “white way of dancing” (Dresden). Zip Coon are just trying to make us blacks look stupid. Coon acts dumb but not only adults were showed to act that way. The Pickaninny caricature were believed to be crazy and ghetto. They were portrayed as parentless and crazy people. Whites people believed pickaninnies were “subhuman black juveniles “(Bernstein). People still call each other pickaninnies and to this day racists white people call us blacks pickaninnies. History repeats from slave times till now. Pickaninnies were dirty, non-respectful and that was one stereotype other races believed about blacks. Many stereotypes that were created in the and are still in media today. It is terrible that racism keeps repeating. Imagine an all-out war just because instead of proving the stereotypes wrong that are being shown on tv shows and movies that thats the way of life for your whole race. Other races would argue with each other to see who is better and who is just going to accept the lies said about them.