Stereotypes and Degrading Images
Witnesses testified at a hearing titled “From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images.” They focused on the impa… read more
Witnesses testified at a hearing titled “From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images.” They focused on the impact of racist and sexist language and images in the media, the perpetuation of damaging stereotypes, protecting consumers from increasingly coarse and vulgar language and images, and ways in which such speech of undermines important moral values. They explored these issues in the context of commercial hip hop music and video games, and their impact on popular culture and young people. close
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Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting Director Vanderbilt University->Program in African American and Diaspora Studies
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