Change?

03Feb10

Bored at a doctor’s appointment I attended today, I began to look around at the posters in the room. As much of the focus of this course has included race and gender, these posters really stood out to me. The room had two of the same poster. One in Spanish, one in English. Both had a male on them. Though, the Spanish poster had a man with darker skin, hair, and eyes. The English poster had a lighter skinned man with a little lighter hair and green eyes.

I found this to be interesting. Not everyone who speaks English is white, and not everyone who speaks Spanish is darker( even natives from Spanish-speaking countries). With this being known the companies who produced these posters obviously chose to go along with the stereotypes. While it is believed that we have come such a long way in accepting that these stereotypes are not real, I find it very interesting that recently I keep finding examples where corporate companies are continuing to influence these stereotypes of race and gender.