Video Game Depictions

Has anyone ever played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? If you have, you'll notice how the majority of the people are Black or Mexican and are portrayed as gangsters and thugs of some sort. They operate heavy artillery and kill at will. The white people are either the innocent people walking the streets of San Andreas or the head boss of a firm or mafia. The game is very violent and a lot of children play this game. Ya'll should check it out if you haven't already. This isn't new news.

Dog The Bounty Hunter's Comments

The Dog said some stuff the other day that almost ended his career. Like Don Imus, Dog crossed the line with using racial words. He was recorded saying racial things about his son's black girlfriend and said that if he stayed with her she would eventually ruin their career on T.V. Here is a link for more info on it.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/01/dog.chapman.ap/index.html

Black or African-American?

This issue about race and culture has been going on forever. Black people are considered to be a race or group of people that come from African descent. Not only in America, but all around the Caribbean area and France, there are different types of African descent. America is a melting pot for all kind of races and accounts for a large number of different black people. It is only right to name those people blacks or negroes so people can be identified easier. The same goes for other races as well. I'm black/African-American and I think others like me should be identified the same. I might not have grew up in Africa and then moved to America, but I have African ancestors from the continent of Africa, so that makes me equal to a true African.

Axe Spray Song

Lets face it, sex will always sell no matter what people say or think about it. I agree with what Axe is doing with their campaign. It's a spray designed for men and most men relate with women in a major way. I would use the same strategy if I was on board of the advertising/marketing team. The Bom Chika Wah Wah song and video is funny, but a great marketing tool.

Cleveland School Shooting Coverage

I just read about the school shooting that took place in Cleveland recently and I don't think that there was any justice in the way the writers handled the race issue. In most news articles, you are suppose to first identify what the situation is and then state who is involved. When stating who is involved, you give a accurate description of who the persons are. The writers didn't identify Asa's race until close to the end of the story, but did manage to give the other kids, which were 85 percent black, a bad look as if they were all bad people. They even made Asa, the 14-year-old shooter, look very bad since he did shoot four people. He was probably a good kid that was driven bad, but from reading the story, one wouldn't be able to tell that off top.

Latino's Image in World War 2

It is of shock to me that Latinos were involved in World War 2. I never thought about their contribution to the war I guess because I was never informed about their participation. This just goes to show how media portrays certain races and that something or somebody always has to make a big deal about a situation for some justice to be serve. But, thats our world today and I couldn't see it any different.

Jena 6 Coverage

I've just recently viewed a video on The Dallas Morning News website covering Jena 6 and I think they covered it in a positive way, being it was a positive event going on. Anytime there is a group of people marching or doing something in a non-violent way to solve a problem is always gonna bring positve media. At least for people like Dallas Morning News. I haven't seen it yet, but I wouldn't be shocked to see news outlets in Louisianna or Jena to blow the situation up making it seem as if everybody is making this situation bigger than what it is. I'm glad to see coverage this event though because for a while I didn't even know this was going on. I still can't believe how racist some places are still! Me being a black male, who is to say it couldn't have been me? Everybody seems to be on the same page across the nation backing up these young men. I've seen support on Myspace and Facebook as well too. As long people make a big deal about situations like this and keep doing it, the Louisianna law system will have no choice but to make change for the better.