Junha - Racism/CNN report on South Park

There was a CNN report on this cartoon, "South Park", using the "n" word. According to the news report, the South Park used "n" word, exactly 42 times in one episode. This issue was raised as a racial discrimination to the black people. However, according to the South Park", they used it as an entertaining comic episode. They were trying to make a hilarious episode so they used that idea; however, some critics said that this seemed to cross the line and was criticized for its carelessness. This report shows that the racial discrimination is still an issue currently and the mass media still reports the issue to the world.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=cKhK1kZwfSw

Junha - Racism/The Glory Road

Just like my previous blog, this movie is also related to sports, which it deals with basketball. According to the NCAA history, the Texas Union team was the first team to put black kids as the starting team. Unlike the movie "Remember the Titans", the black kids in this movie deals with the racism rather quickly among the team. However, the more the Texas Union win games, the more trouble the black kids had to face. So once again, the team was in dilemma and the black kids had to choose from two options: either to lose and show to the nation that they were losers from the beginning or to win and show the nation that black people are capable of winning and are equal as the white people.

This movie shows the perspective of how the black teenagers felt when they were threatened to be killed or harmed, which really helped the audience to see through the black kids' perspectives.

Junha - Racism/Remember the Titans

As I searched for movies that deals with racial discrimination, I remembered this movie called "Remember the Titans". In this movie, group of African-American students went to the white school as the segregation was banned in America. However, the white kids had this mind that the black kids are still the minority. Even the coach of the football team was black so there were chaos within the team and practice. However, the coach solved this dilemma as the players in the team realized that both white and black people were the same and they began to cooperate with each other, which led them to victories. Although this movie began with negative perspective and mentioned the discrimination, this movie ended with a lesson that all men are equal in this world.

Jerry - Radio Racism

Radios are now killing other people's image by broadcasting a very racial comments over the radio. There has been reports of racist radio station called teh radio white station. It promotes white people and puts down the black and other groups of people. I just think that it is just insufferable that even radio stations are now promotting racism. Kids anywhere from 5-17 listen to radio and its very sad that such young kids must be eposed to racism and made to follow their path

Jerry- Racism on Movies

When we think of movies, we usually imagine the action or comedy type made to entertain the audience. However, with recent revolutionised mass media, racist movies were able to be distributed around the world. Even though they are not made to be so focused on racism, most of the film in the link portray a very bad image on African Americans. Where did good old times go with classic comedy and good morals? I believe that we as a human being should go back to our old morals and refrain from posting such innaccurage images to the world to view.

Jerry-Racism on Internet

Ths internet itself has endless possiblities. It can be used to spread news, share files and etc. However, racist groups have taken advantage of the internet. Groups such as KKK or white supreme groups are using the internet to spread their influence by using music, news and meeting dates. Eventhough such cult or group might be deemed illegal, other countries let it be. I believe that sites such as these not only promote hate, but kills the african american's self-esteem. It brings hatred toward both whites and black and make the ethical problems grow larger. I think that its time for the government to kick in and stop such bad influence going out all over the globe.

Racism facts online

Internet usually shows how cruel and ugly racism can be to the audience. Through internet, however, we can also find the history of racism. What was the major event that happened which lead to racism? What kind of racism existed in the past? These questions can easily be answered by researching online. This particular article about the history of racism gives brief history of black slaves, Ku Klux Klan, and the holocaust.


Through these type of articles, people around the world are able to be informed and warned of racism. This article teaches us that racism is morally wrong. For instance, 6 million killing of Jews or enslaving Africans raises ethic issues among people.

Racism on stand up comedy of David Chappelle

This video clip from "youtube.com" is part of David Chappelle's stand up comedy show. David portrays racism as if it is nothing more than a joke. His attitude towards racism, therefore, affects the audience to agree with David's opinion on racism. Stand up comedy is very popular in United States. Although he is not the only comedian who talks about racism in front of hundreds of audiences, Chappelle's speech is very powerful in influencing the audiences.

David's video portrays another culture of U.S. African-Americans and the minorities including Indians, Mexicans, and Asians are allowed to speak about racism freely. David Chappelle talks about racism using racist terms, yet audiences do not think that it is wrong. Other comedians who belong to minority groups such as Carlos Mencia or Russell Peters also talk about racism, but many think it is suitable for them to speak freely. If a white man, however, would show a racist act, he would probably be threatened by millions of people because he is white.

Mark Lee - Stereotype Journal

What stereotypes do people have about you? What stereotypes do you have about other people? Are stereotypes beneficial or harmful? Why do you think this?

- People think I lack intelligence, but I actually have good sense of memory with many A’s in class.
- I usually think that gangsters and drug dealers are always African-Americans.
- I think stereotypes are harmful. Because of stereotype of a person, that person might get disadvantage from his or her community.

Junha - Racism/Family Guy

I was searching for TV shows that relate to racial discrimination in Youtube.com. Eventually, I found this TV cartoon show called "The Family Guy", which is a hilarious cartoon show. The person who put this video on Youtube had edited this cartoon, so that it relates to the topic 'Racial Discrimination'. After watching this video clip, I started to wonder whether "The Family Guy" is a racial TV show.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=zMg9DGVnhWU

Racism/Barack Obama

I was searching for racism articles in "google.com" and randomly found this article about Barack Obama. This article was posted by a guy named Mark Potok and is titled "Racist attacks on Obama Growing More Heated." Mark Potok said, "With the selection of Barack Obama as the first black Democratic nominee for president seeming more possible by the day, racists and white supremacists are posting increasingly ugly and even threatening remarks on the Internet." He has given examples of the posts that racist people have posted online: “OBAMA WILL DIE, KKK FOREVER." Such posts are very offending and unfortunately many people have participated in posting racist comments online.

Once again, the internet has proven that racism is a huge deal and that many people are agreeing with the idea of racism and white supermacy. Racists are refusing to elect an African-American president to represent United States, and are threatening Obama with comments on internet. This may seem childish and dismissive to several, but it is a big issue. Internet is all around the world, and these comments might affect the audience to also refuse to elect Obama.

Racism on Harold and Kumar

Racism is one of the most common issues all around the world. Many have fought against racism for years, yet the problem does not seem to disappear. Racism is not only happening in real life, but also is appearing in mass media as entertainment. The example that I have chosen is a movie clip from "youtube.com" from Harold and Kumar 2 (Escape from Guantanamo Bay). Harold and Kumar are both part of the minorities of United States; Harold is South Korean and Kumar is Indian. Racism is one of the themes of this movie and is shown throughout the movie.

This clip deals with Harold and Kumar joining the K.K.K, the Ku Klux Klan, for accidental reasons. Harold and Kumar accidentally met two members of the K.K.K. while the celebration of clan. They fought those two members of K.K.K. and disguised as white racists to avoid conflicts with the clan. The problem with this movie is that it is persuading the minds of audiences to think that racism is funny. The movie is indirectly affecting the audience to think that racism is part of the culture, entertaining, and therefore should not be considered seriously.

Mark Lee

The most influencial type of media is television. Television programs include news, music, movies, talk show, and commercials. Much variety of mass media is clustered in television.

When some product is being advertised, it is more infulencial when audiences view it visually with sound and motions rather than just reading the product from an article of a magazine or internet. Many own one or more television in Korea, meaning that television is necessary for information and communication with the world. It is comfortable and enjoyable in many households in the world.

Jerry Chang

I think that the internet has the greatest mass media affect in my life. It is everywhere in Korea and its hard to find someone who isn't connect to the Internet. I remember when TV used to have great influence, but now I can't get through a single day without using the Internet. Furthermore, Internet has influenced my ethics. It provides so much information on variety of subjects that my ethics have completely changed over the years because of the Internet. Now, I get my news, schoolwork, notices, and emails by Internet. It has become on the major mass media tool that I use and need. Furthermore, Internet has only been around for about 20 years at most. It has completely revolutionise how people get their news. No other mass media have changed our sense of media like the Internet.

Junha Kim - Biography

My name is Junha Kim and I'm 19 years old in Korean.
Born in New York, USA
I attended TCIS for 10 years.
I get to graduate on May 2009.
I'm at varsity volleyball team for 4 years (including this season)
I am trying to be active in everything.
I am pretty excited to be in this A2 English Year2.

Mass Media

Mass media is manipulating elements such as radio, newspaper, internet, or television to inform and communicate with large population of audiences. For instance, television programs such as "Oprah" from U.S. aims not only to U.S. citizens, but also people around the world. We can no longer define media as simple broadcast of information, with increasing advancement on digital communication technology is creating complex problems.

Jerry -Biography

I was born in Seoul, South Korea
I went to Korean public elementary school until 3rd grade
Then moved to Ottawa, Canada until I finished my 9th grade in highschool
Moved back to South Korea, and started to attend TCIS

I live with my parents, brother and grandma. Its my second year of returning to Korea. I hope to major in Psychology field.

Mark Lee - Biography

I was born in Vancouver, Canada.
I was raised in Seoul, Korea until I was about 6, then went back to Vancouver for a year.
I was in Korean elementary school for about 2~3 years, went to U.S, and came to TCIS.
This is my 6th or 7th year in TCIS; I'm not sure.
I like music, and I think I'm going to major in Music Business.