Racial tension

Can anyone explain to me:

Why is there so much racial tension portrayed in American media?

I have been to the US dozens of times, all across the US, and I have never seen racial tensions close to what is shown on TV.

Do they just make this stuff up?

I have found 99% of you americans to be very sociable, polite people, so why do you let your media show this BS?

yes its made up. to perpetuate division, and fear amongst others. Im not sure where you are from/live but im sure you know, america's history. they sure love to exploit it and not let us forget. i for one am on to their game so i turn a blind eye to all of it. we can decide what the media portrays? thats a new one to me...

There is too much money involved to stop racism in America.

Every minority has it's own charities, functions, celebrations, etc.

The government supports racism with outdated laws going on 60 years about affirmative action, school admissions, loans, housing, etc.

We are one people divided by our differences and diversity. Be it good or bad, that's the way it is. Media seems to concentrate on the bad as the good doesn't make headlines.

Well there's a lot to your question. The media's current fixation with race has to do with...

1) The first black president and the level of opposition that comes from only that

2) The notoriety of the teaparty and the weighing of the element of racism already shown against "what they aren't" vs the motivation of the whole idealogy of the teaparty.

Racism attracts interest and is flammable, it brings out strong reactions. That's why you see it right now, something wants extreme distraction from people seeing that things are sarting to change.

Thanks for the replies!

I guess it just goes to show how far greed/sensationalism can corrupt.

Are there any movements to stop stuff like this, say boycotting media outlets that really push racism?

[edit on 23-7-2010 by peck420]

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Why is there so much racial tension portrayed in American media?

The MSM media in the US concentrates on "news items" (if you can call them that), which evoke strong responses, and as a result, increase viewer-ship and reader-ship. Very few stories talking about the good that people do, are reported on, because the MSM views them as "boring".
Alfred Harmsworth said it best:

When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.

It is why the MSM media is losing readership and viewership. People are getting wise to their antics.

My personal opinion is that the media concentrates on anything that will divide and conquer. The people of America hold an enormous amount power to change our government, keeping us arguing will prevent us from joining together to oppose the real culprits. From Gay rights to immigration, from race to political parties, it's all designed to keep us in disagreement.

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