Race Gender and the Media - Case Cockrell

There is no question that a great deal of progress has been made toward gender equality, and this progress is particularly evident in the workplace. In the period piece known as Mad Men, women are portrayed as being mostly secretaries, as the show takes place in the 1960s. With men running the agency that is portrayed in the show, they always have the final say in every decision that is made, with the women that are involved with the clients only being a small piece. One notable stereotype about men is that they always want to take control of a situation whereas women are more passive. This proven to be untrue, as there are plenty of people of both genders that are this way, and gender is having less to do with exercise of power. Gender roles are something of a problem because, like most, stereotypes oversimplify situations and are almost always inaccurate. Even during the real life eras of Mad Men and other similar pieces, women were just simply not allowed to have the same luxuries a...

On April 8th 2020, Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential bid. The first election I got got to vote in was the 2016 general, and I did not get to vote in the primary. Like last time, the nomination came down to the wire. In my opinion, there are too many moderates within the Democratic Party, and tis cannot help combat the opposing party that seems to get more radical by the week. When Clinton was running 2016, there were a lot of issues that she opposed that Sanders supported. These issues include Marijuana Legalization, Economic equality, and LGBT issues. To make matters worse, republican candidate Donald Trump took moderate stances on issues that his opponents were against, gaining his one issue voters. It comes at no surprise that there is a lot of slander and mudslinging that comes with every major election, and certain issues stir different types of responses. When it comes to Sanders dropping out of the race, of course it saddens me. Don't get me wrong, I will always vote...

Throughout the internet, it's so surprise that a lot of hatred exists. This goes for every social media platform. It's a fact that racism has been a problem for many years, and the presence of the internet has only made the problem worse. A lot of mainstream sites such as Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram have made an effort to cleanse their sites of this content, sometimes going as far to ban users that are spreading this kind of discourse. There are many young, conservative comedians online. Some of these figures include Steven Crowder, Ben Shapiro, and Gavin McInnes. These figures are quite active all social media platforms and are garnering young audiences to spread the republican agenda with content that contains racism, homophobia and everything else in between. While a lot of these figures following is achieved on their own, there are multiple sources that give them a platform to humanize them, thus adding to the problem. A podcaster named Joe Rogan is possibly the most ke...