Who wants to let their taste, culture, or political views be dictated by media-influenced stereotypes?
An examination of the public’s growing dissatisfaction with mainstream representations. For years, mainstream representations have defined the ways in which people perceive themselves and their communities. Obviously, we live in a world where perception is largely based on stereotype. Yet lately, a culture of dissention has arisen from the midst, and people around the world are beginning to question the mainstream representations they have allowed to shape their opinions for so long. The music scene is a primary example of how public perceptions have been shaped around such mainstream representations. For a very long time, whites listened to “white music” and blacks listened to “black music,” and that was where musical conformities started and ended. Blacks who listened to “white music” were “corny,” and whites who listened to “black music” were “wiggers.” But in the past couple of decades, these perceptions have shifted. Michael Jackson’s 1991 hit “Black or White” started to bridge th
