Stereotypes In African American Advertisements

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In today’s society, just 19% of people in advertisements are from minority groups. The media portrays many faulty stereotypes about various races. According to these stereotypes, all Asians seem genius, all Irish seem quick-tempered, all white people seem sort of racists, and all African Americans seem like primitive creatures. Not only are these minorities being underrepresented, but those that do make it into the media can be misrepresented as well. When examining a multitude of advertisements, it was found that there indeed was an unproportional ratio of minorities to whites.
A Vineyard Vines advertisement depicting an end of the summer celebration in preppy, new back-to-school clothes with the class of 2017 interns on the beach, happily making a human pyramid is a great example. Within the picture, eleven out of the twelve students are white, leaving only on African American. Not only is this particular student a minority, he is also at the bottom of the pyramid, further indicating that he holds a position of lesser importance. This reflects the idea that minorities are not as relevant; however, this is not true.
The bandwagon appeal is the most apparent fallacy here. The entire group of friends are all wearing Vineyard Vines clothing. This causes the viewer to subconsciously think that since the majority wears the brand, it must be the right …show more content…
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