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CULTURAL & SOCIAL EFFECT Media bias towards racial, religion and gender Because the diversity of U.S. population. The media tends to be bias against other race or could be called “racism” or “stereotype” against others nationalities and religions. And from the conversation that I had with others, this could include a gender as one of the biased issue. RACISM The media have devoted most of the time to mention negative aspects and too little time to describing the background problems of AfricanAmericans. What is not a crisis is not usually reported. The news media respond quickly interest to the report conflicts and controversies of racial stories. One of the main reasons for the insufficient coverage of the essential causes of racial stereotypes in the U.S. is that the condition of blacks itself is not a matter of high interest
to the white majority. Their interest in black America is focused upon situations in which their imagined fear becomes a real problem. Accoriding to Ronald L. Taylor, The Harm Wrought by Racial Stereotype. Research had disclosed that most serious crimes (homicide, rape, robbery, and assault) in inner cities are committed by a very small proportion of African-American youth, some 8% by estimates. Even though the bias to characterize some African-American males as criminals continues in our society. It is common for police officers