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Understanding the Effects of Misrepresentation of Minorities by the Media
“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.”
Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Understanding the antipathy of one group towards another and how media fuels single-mindedness, resulting in the imbalance of power.
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Following the perspective of Dwandalyn Reece, an African American curator of music and performing arts at the national museum of African American history and culture in Washington.
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From the eyes of Cornel Pewewardy, P.h.D, A Native American Professor of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University.
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Discerning patterns of prejudice with a view to combatting generations of bias attitudes.
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