Analysis on Rebeca Keegans Article on Racial Inequality...

During the semester, race is a big part of the lectures. In class, we talk about how race is distinguishing physical characteristics used to place people in different racial categories (Jensen). The biggest concern with race is racial inequality. Racial inequality is the inadequate or unfair treatment of minorities in areas like income, education, employment, health, the criminal justice system, and media. The article written by Rebecca Keegan from the Los Angeles Times newspaper discusses the inequality of race in media specifically movies. This article relates to the unfairness in films because minorities are poorly portrayed in the majority of films. More often than not, minorities are the â€Å"bad guys† in films. They are caught up in†¦show more content†¦Many people get ethnicity and race mixed up and use the words interchangeably. Ethnicity is different from race because race is the distinguishing people based on physical characteristics, whereas ethnicity is b ased on by cultural aspects. Many believe that race and ethnicity are same but in reality they are very different. In race there is a minority and majority status. Minority status can be presented as the inferior position versus the superior position for the majority status. By inferior and superior, it refers to the more or less life chances that group has. Minority status would have less life chances, meaning they have less opportunities to become successful, have a high income, become employed in prestigious jobs, and overall get the same likelihood to have a better life than the majority. As for the majority, they have a superior position in which it is easier for them to move up the social ladder and be given opportunities for the betterment of their future. Minorities have it worse in the world because they are treated unfairly and are usually the poorest out of everyone. People look down on minorities and the majority thin they are better than the minorities. Keegan writes he r article on how minorities are unrepresented in movies especially. Keegan uses the research and results from a study completed by USCs Annenberg School