Throughout all of the class discussions, readings and activities that we have done so far in our class, there is a correlation of oppression. The readings talked about certain ways a person would react to certain circumstances. Fro example, when a person is alone, we learn the fact that a person feels most comfortable when they are alone. Whenever we are alone we learn the following things; our preferences and likes/dislikes, hardships in our life might show how we might act differently, might feel more comfortable knowing that they are with people that have the same reason for being there. This is the Micro Level of one being themselves. The next level is the Meso Level; Community Recognition, Expectations, and Interactions. The areas where these people in this level strive in are; big crowded areas where an individual is constantly asking who the person is, where people experience the most confusion and conflict, common questions surrounding their: Appearance, Behavior, and Language/Accent, the community can be both geographic and emotional of people asking an individual of his/her origin and connecting it to what the area is known for. (Newark-Violence), and finally when in community level, individuals often compare themselves against trying to prove they are better than the other (Spanish Person-That Doesn’t Speak Spanish.)
Throughout the past week, we looked at all of the conditioning that happens throughout the process of prejudice. When we saw the video surrounding "The Jungle Book", I was extremely surprised to see how many subliminal messages the videos conveyed. From what type of music they were playing in the background and the way the monkeys were dancing to the music. Also, the thing that caught my attention the most was when the monkey admitted that he wanted to be just like the little boy. It just showed me how many things we have overlooked at when we were littles that we thought we just interesting or enjoyable. The other thing that interested me in class was when Mr. Cassidy wrote down words on the board and wanted us to describe what nationality we thought of. When he wrote down, "Organized Crime," I automatically thought of Europeans due to there being a mafia/mob concerning the area that we live. Then he eventually went in-depth to discuss the point that local gangs can also be considered organized crimes because they do everything that a leader tells them to.
I would like to talk about the three levels of which people experience more.
What other videos from our childhood had subliminal messages?
I agree that TV is a type of brainwashing for us and especially for the kids in the cartoons. They are probably not thinking of the message being sent to them but it is implanted somewhere in their mind. Its sad but is true how these major television corporations still believe in prejudice and are trying to feed it to the mind of kids. I believe some of these shows that promote this kind of behavior shouldn't be on TV and should be out of the minds of kids that are growing up not even knowing what prejudice even mean
ReplyDeleteJose,
ReplyDeleteIt would be more interesting for you to start watching TV, movies, or other things on your own and start to identify the messages that may be present. Not all of these messages are intentional, although some clearly are. Sometimes, the portrayals of characters in these situations is nothing more than a reflection of the conditioning of the writers and creators of the programs. It shouldn't really be a surprise that the creators of programs have their own conditioning (which will likely match most of ours) and that this will come through in the way they write their material.