Racism in American Popular Media: From Aunt Jemima to the Frito Bandito

by Brian D. Behnken and Gregory D. Smithers

This book examines how the media--including advertising, motion pictures, cartoons, and popular fiction--has used racist images and stereotypes as marketing tools that malign and debase African Americans, Latinos, American Indians, and Asian Americans in the United States.

Were there damaging racist depictions in Gone with the Wind and children's cartoons such as Tom and Jerry and Mickey Mouse? How did widely known stereotypes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440829764
• ISBN13: 9781440829765
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years