Essay - Racial Fear This Paper Presents an Exploration of the Impact...

RACIAL FEAR

This paper presents an exploration of the impact that race has on *****e's perception by discussing how ***** influences a person's perception ***** being thre*****tened. Included in the discussion is whether white people feel afraid of a black person by virtue of h***** race *****d if so what factors may contribute to that fear. The writer examines media coverage, perceptual issues and fear ***** the unknown to explore the topic. There were four sources used to complete this paper.

INTRODUCTION

The fear that one feels when ***** encounters a person of another ***** is something that ***** often denied however, it has been proven in research studies over the years. Whether one fears Blacks, Asians, Mexicans or Caucasians the underlying fear of the unknown cannot be denied. Because ***** the *****'s influence, societal ideas and family attitudes race does play a part in how fear is triggered. In a certain situation, the race of a ***** we don't know will ***** our response ***** ***** comfortable or how threatened we feel.

***** ***** the things that can trigger race based fear is event driven fear. When a child ***** attacked on a *****ground by ***** group of students and those students all happen to be of a *****icular race, that ***** ***** grow up to develop a fear of all members of that race. ***** addition ***** that child is raised in a basic one ***** ***** or area and is never exposed to other races the fear of the unknown can also create a ***** of other *****. Everyone has heard the s*****ries about whites crossing the street to avoid an approaching ***** individual or gro*****. Articles ***** news interviews nationwide indicate it is not only a wh*****e fearing black issues, but m*****y blacks and Mexi*****s are raised ***** fear ***** as well. Incidents that occur because of racially motivated anger are piped into living rooms nationwide through ***** media ***** these media events also help raise the fears of races against each *****.

STEREOTYPING

Unf*****tunately the world is full of stereotypes. Stereotyping ***** encouraged not only ***** ***** ***** coverage but ***** by comedians who gear their stand up routines to feed into the stereotypical attitudes of America. Whether it is a bl*****ck comic poking fun at his own race or other *****s or a wh*****e comic doing the same the end result is a continued increase in fear between the races ***** of the unfamiliarity ***** ***** generally experienced.

EVIDENCE

***** wanting to find evidence that there is racially based fear in America and that the media helps to perpetuate ***** fear need only watch the news. Acc*****ding ***** one group ***** British citizens that visited the ravaged New Orleans area shortly after ***** Katrina event publicly spoke about the warnings that they received in regards to the Black people in the area.

The ***** has ma*****tained a steady focus on the looting, rape and murder that has happened ***** the New Orleans streets since