ethnic notions

Walking down a street such as one in Bowling Green, what is the first thing that comes to mind when you see someone? For many people they categorized or judge by the outward appearance. While watching a movie I saw characters of out past being articulated and broken down to show me what I never saw before. They made cartoons of color have ridiculously large lips, and monkey aspects. This was “funny” and drew in the white class to laugh and joke about the features of their slaves of that time. Many people poked fun at how they danced because back then crossing your feet while you danced was illegal and considered demonic. They made them appear to want to be in slavery, and happy to serve their superiors. For example, the famous nanny in which appeared in many of the shows. She was always as dark as can be, bigger in size, and humble towards her master. She was strong, and ugly so it would appear to be no threat against the masters wife. By the time slavery was banned they still poked fun and said that the free slaves were out of hand. They made children appear to be sub-human and always dirty. The children were often called brutes and often appeared as baby monkeys. Even the famous bugs bunny who all children were told to grow on and love was very racist. When the black people were recognized it was usually as entertainment which made them appear to be only good for a laugh, never serious.
Really looking at it now, there are still images of our past still with us. For instance, the lady on the famous aunt jemima syrup bottle is still used as the famous logo. She appears to be like they made her in the past, dark, chubby, and a huge grin on her face. Also, the famous Rambou cop who is usually either the detective, or side kick and normally emphasized brutality or violence. I have even begun to notice the branches off of the stereotype in which were most often used in our past. In conclusion after watching this movie I pay more attention to the movies I watch today and try to recognize what has been branched off of our past. Even today as I have said walking to class or to a store we judge and exaggerate features in our mind to make ourselves feel better. Why must we do this? I don’t know if its nature or nurture but no matter how the situation is looked at it is wrong and I wish someone would do something to go against stereotypes of today.