Articles

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/08/23/fox-news-racial-crime-coverage-is-hurting-peopl/195567

This article explores how Fox News’ coverage of racial crime is negatively affecting minorities and how their biased coverage disparages blacks. It further goes on to provide statistics of how minorities are continually misrepresented in their coverage of events.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darron-t-smith-phd/black-men-media_b_2844990.html

This articles dives into the way that “black” actors roles in film and television have been shaped to frame them as “violent criminals,” that are always on the wrong side of the law. This comes as a result of a mostly white film industry that generally only offers these specific roles to African American individuals. This article describes their stereotypical roles as the token black friend, comedic relief or the athlete, etc.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/17/opinion/l-a-lifetime-fighting-racism-was-it-worth-it-marginalized-blacks-304192.html

This article to the editor of the New York Times states how African Americans feel that “they are not getting equality in the media as fast as they should be.” That a poll showing that 75% of “black” people still feel like they are being marginalized and/or misrepresented.

http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2010/07/africanamerican_writers_marginalized_by_publishing_industry_practices.html

This article takes a look at African American writes and how they are being marginalized by publishing houses when it comes to submitting published works. The article uses the term “seg-book-gation” to describe how African American writers are categorized into their own sections instead of being treated like other white writers.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/30000378?seq=2

This scholarly article written by Julie M Bristor takes a look into the television aspect of African American marginalization. This describes how “black” actors are portrayed in a disproportionate number of “bad or low-status” roles as compared to their white counterparts in the television industry.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pioneers-of-television/pioneering-programs/breaking-barriers/

According to PBS, this article takes a historical look into the first 30 years of television broadcasting, explaining how although modern television has become extremely diverse, it hasn’t always been that way. Black actors are marginalized into one-dimensional roles that often focus around providing comedic relief or acting as servants to affluent whites. The article even provides specific instances of African American marginalization from shows like The Cosby Show and Star Trek.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/channel-2-investigation-highlights-racial-discrepa/nK8Gd/

This article provides an in-depth look as to why African Americans are continually charges with more marijuana-related crimes than whites.