African Americans Still Nearly Invisible in Media, Book Says.
AScribe Law News Service, July, 2005
Byline: Ohio State University
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- While African Americans have made inroads into some parts of American society, they are still nearly invisible in many parts of the news media and the entertainment industry, according to an Ohio State University professor.
Rudolph Alexander, Jr., professor of social work, argues in a newly revised book that the media often ignores African Americans in stories of both heroes and victims, even when they are an integral part of the narrative.
In the book "Racism, African Americans, and Social Justice" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2nd edition, 2005), Alexander discusses the media coverage of Jessica Lynch, a white U.S. soldier who was captured while in Iraq and later...
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