Are children Affected by prejudice in the Media??

Stereotyping in the media is very common in this day and age, on television, on the Internet, and on video games. Many people believe that racism, sexism and other forms of intolerance begins in the home. I have reasons to believe otherwise. The clip above is video clip from CNN, which is about  little children being asked a series of questions about skin color. Now, no parent that is reacting is willing to admit that they teach their children about races. However each child is given an opinion about the color of the dolls.

Now this is what draws my reason to believe that prejudice extends past the homes and more into the media. The first five Disney princess were all white, not because any other race could not be princesses but because of the times the stories where told and when the movies were made. Since then additions have been made and Disney has opened it mind and explore different races and ethnic backgrounds. Princess Jasmine whom is of Arabic appearance made the sixth princess, Pocahontas whom ethic background is Native American, Milan who is Chinese, and Tiana the first African American Disney Princess (as the headlines reads). 

Television shows and movies nowadays do a better job at expanding the mind beyond being prejudice to race. Most television shows and movies go above and beyond expectations in including different races, genders, and all other groups. However, there are still more minorities being depicted in a negative way.

"The life aspirations of minority children are also affected by the limited media portrayals of minorities (Clark, 1972).  The level of representation of minority characters on network television now matches and even exceeds their numbers in the general population (Glascock, 2001). But racially stereotyped portrayals persist; for example, African Americans are still more often portrayed as lazy, and Latinos as flashy dressers compared to whites (Mastro, 2008).”

“Media Now” Straubhaar,LaRose, Davenport