Many people believe that parents are the biggest influence on a child’s perception of other races and genders? However, does media play a part in how children view other races and genders? Are people influenced to believe that what they see on television actually represents an entire race or gender? While watching the evening news and other prime-time television shows, I had the pleasure viewing fifty television commercials. Approximately five percent of these commercials …showed first 75 words of 511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 511 total…a monthly social security check and she was pleading for credit to purchase new furniture. The second female, also black, entered the room explaining to Johnnie that she had bad credit and had just filed bankruptcy. She too was pleading with Johnnie for credit to purchase new furniture. This commercial portrayed that most black people are on federal assistance and have bad credit. The commercial could have substituted the actors with an elderly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**