The video we watched in class was completely disturbing. It's actually amazing how ignorant we are today of the past even though we act as if we know everything. Maybe that's just me but a lot of the images in that video somewhat surpirised me. The way blacks were depicted is disgusting and demeaning and it baffles me to think that a small minority of people thought it was wrong while the rest believed it was normal. Another thought that surprised me was that even blacks began to think this was normal because these images were all that they saw of colored people.
Gab G. brought up the idea that if people never talked about how these images were bad or demeaning, what would the world be like? That really makes me question this too. The world definitely wouldn't be better,but what would it be? Would blacks still be seperated from whites?Would they still be depicted as stupid and laughable? It's crazy the amount of impact these images had on people. That blacks believed it as well as whites. That if they kept printing them we would buy into it still today without ever openly saying anything. Just the pictures that are ingrained in everyone's minds. It's scary to think what the world might have been if people didn't stand up and say that these things were wrong. The advertisements and entertainment of this time truly changed our country for the worse. Advertising companies have a great toll on the way people live and see things. I wonder if they realize how much power they truly have.