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In today's society many racial groups are stereotyped; African Americans, Asian Americans, and Mexican Americans are among the most frequent racial groups stereotyped against. Negative stereotypes of African Americans have been deeply ingrained in Anglo American culture ever since Africans were first brought to this country in chains. One of the most recent problems occurring today is stereotyping in the film industry. Stereotyping in television and movies has reached its peak and it has creatively increased since the early 90's. Images from these mediums constantly bombard American children with negative and unrealistic portrayals of African American life or deny the existence of African-Americans in a true "American society at all".
The media can be very persuasive in the way things are described, presented, or written. My theoretical position on the topic of stereotyping of African Americans is that they do tend to get stereotyped a lot more then other cultures, but I a...

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