misnomer: Non-whiteness in the media

October 14, 2002

Non-whiteness in the media

The Black Image in the White Mind, a book by Robert M. Entman and Andrew Rojecki

1. While Black actors are now more numerous in film, it's an open question as to how well they're being represented. In the top movies of 1996:

Black female movie characters shown using vulgar profanity: 89%.

White female movie characters shown using vulgar profanity: 17%.

Black female movie characters shown being physically violent: 56%.

White female movie characters shown being physically violent: 11%.

Black female movie characters shown being restrained: 55%.

White female movie characters shown being restrained: 6%.

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