CrImInAl StErEoTyPiNg Of BlAcK aMeRiCaNs

"The Black Image in the White Mind by Robert M. Entman and Andrew Rojecki" illustrates ways in which negative media images of African-Americans are disproportionate and arguably harmful to race relations:

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  A mug shot of a black defendant is four times more likely to appear in a local television news report than of a white defendant.
• The black accused is two times more likely to be shown physically restrained in a local television news report than when the accused is white.
• The name of the accused is two times more likely to be shown on screen in a local TV news report if the defendant is black, rather than white.

1. Black female movie characters shown using vulgar profanity: 89%
2. White female movie characters shown using vulgar profanity: 17%
3. Black female movie characters shown being physically violent: 56%
4. White female movie characters shown being physically violent: 11%
5. Black female movie characters shown being restrained: 55%
6. White female movie characters shown being restrained: 6%