"It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our children must learn how to spot a stereotype, isolate a social cliché and distinguish facts from propaganda, analysis from banter, important news from coverage."
- Ernest Boyer
As future teachers and professionals in the social sciences, it is incumbent upon us to be able to point out and isolate the racism and stereotyping that goes on in Popular Culture. Our group decided to take a look at this stereotyping and racism that takes place, in a specific medium in Pop Culture, Magazines.
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