Equality in Media

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I personally don’t have a problem with cartoons today. Sure, there may be some female characters that aren’t as pretty as others and the main female character is rather old or attractive, but isn’t every character?  The majority of male main characters are manly, brave men rather than some lanky, awkward guy. I find that everyone is so skeptical when it comes to women be treating fairly. If it is unfair for males, it seems to be overlooked, but as soon as something doesn’t seem right for women, there is a line-up of complaints waiting.  Almost like how if you where walking down the street and saw a couple arguing and the women slapped the man, you’d probably chuckle a little, yet if you saw the man hit the women it would be a much more serious event. It just seems worse when it’s happening to women. Everyone being treated equally seems to be a big topic these days. If a show has all white characters it’s called racist. If a show has all white characters except one black character that ends up getting killed is also called racist. If a show has just one character of any race that has an extreme personality, such as an Asian who is super smart, it is called racist. Modern media sacrifices too much to try and not offend every single human on the planet rather than creating the best possible show for a specific audience. Now I’m not trying to come off as racist or discriminate against women in any way in this article, this is just what crossed my mind upon reading this. I just think that people need to stop criticizing shows if things aren’t perfect for everyone. The Walking Dead is a good example of this. In season 1, the men dominated the pack and defended the helpless females and helped by a smart Asian man. The show then got really popular and with fame comes criticism. By season two, there was African Americans, the women put in an equal effort in protecting the group and themselves, and the Asian seemed to stop making elaborate plans and strategies and seemed to fit in more. Plus I noticed that when an African American died, they were shortly replaced by another. It’s still an amazing show, but I guess they had to change to be more accepted. 

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