and the Oxford English Dictionary added theword into its site.
Social media shapes so much of our culture and society
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viewingblackgirlhood.com viewingblackgirlhood.com
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Before people blame parents, before we accuse them of not managingpre-adolescent daughters’ play in twerking videos while unintended and in-visible audience members treat their content as sexual or nude resources fortheir own exploits,
This is a very good point. Often our first instincts are to blame the parents for not watching their kid enough. However, we've enter an age where social media is everywhere and it is impossible for parents to monitor every little thing their child does. Even if they did, parents can not monitor their child's friends and the media they consume with them. We should focus on the social media and the lack of caution placed when it comes to their younger audiences
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However, the unintended consequence of tween girls’ digitalcontent is the collapse of their playful performance with users’ sexualizedvoyeurism
This is the problem that occurs when talking about the sexualization of young girls. We are often told that we need to cover up and be safe in order to protect ourselves from unwanted attention from men instead of educating men and placing responsibility for their actions. However, precautions need to be had despite not agreeing with it fundamentally.
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viewingblackgirlhood.com viewingblackgirlhood.com
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The pickaninny character was a workhorse image—it was everywhere inAmerican society: on products, posters, postcards, greeting cards, adver-tisements for a multitude of products (particularly soaps),
It is important to understand how stereotypes stretch beyond just cinema.
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one of the fewscenes in the film that remind us that Precious is still a child
Forgetting sometimes Precious is a child is reasonable considering the situation she was put through. This reminds me of what was discuss earlier, which was that in media white children have this sense of innocence. Whereas, Precious does not.
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. Hill Collins states that poor and working-class blackchildren are often portrayed in the media as “aggressive, undisciplined,unruly, and unsuitable playmates for white children of any social class
I think this notion can be seen in the movie Precious. The character herself and the environment she was in. Example her fellow classmates
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the way the black body is discursivelyjuxtaposed against the white bod
This is something that I had noticed in Precious. Specifically, when she dreams of being a white skinny woman. This dream of hers only enlists the idea that her problems derive from being a black plus size woman. It leads her to believe that her problems will be solved if she was a white, skinny woman.
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The practice of putting people from different cultureson display for white visual consumption has a long history in Europe.
I find this to be an interesting quote in the context of media today. It is clear that a lot of media is made through the lens of one perspective which tends to be a white one. Therefore, the product produced could be said to be for white visual consumption. The idea of display that this quote talks about is seen throughout many periods of time.
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