After watch the sample video of stereotype s of arab people. I found that it is a typical thing in Hollywood Media. Why? Well for my opinion, American had always make fun of the immigrant people such as african, arab, asian, jews, indian , mexican and so on. You see the history of stereotype is begin in World War II when the nazi leader, Hitler trying to propaganda against the jews. For that, the media start to produce a propaganda media by making establishment poster and cartoon. Not only that, the American also make propaganda media about the nazi and also the japanese when the japanese army take over all the asian country. The most famous media that can shown the stereotypes is the television especially the cartoon like Warner Bros, Disney, and other company cartoon. I think this kind of media is produce is because to shown how bad is this people. You can find this propaganda and stereotype cartoon on Youtube "Banned Cartoon"
After the World War II, people begin to make fun on the African American People. This is because at that time the African American people were a slaved to the American people also known as "white people" After slavery have ended, people still make fun on the African American people because there are different in skin, behavior and culture. By shown how funny the African American People, the media especially Hollywood start produce stereotype and racist cartoon toward them. In cartoon world African American can been seen by the black face and large lips. And their comment behavior is slow and lazy if you can see in the old time cartoon. Their favourite thing in the world is eating chicken, watermelon and playing gamble (using a two pair of dice). Not only that, even the asian also make fun and produce a stereotype of them like an asian that is bad in driving. Arab is the most media favourite stereotypes in Hollywood. As you can see in American film movies, there more arab stereotypes in every Hollywood movies like Meet The Zohan, Aladdin and many more. As you can see, American media people love to make fun of the arab people. Some say, it is because their have hatred toward the arab or their think that arab people is funny and stupid. But, we will never known why? Not only movies and cartoon, music can produce a very strong stereotypes toward people like hip hop song. Many rapper in 90's was shoot because of the lyric song their produce. Advertisement and commercial can be see in the late 90's such as food commercial, beauty product and many more.
For me, there are two things why the Hollywood produce stereotypes in media. The first reason is because of different skin, culture and race. The American see the immigrant in different culture, behavior and skin is pretty well interest and funny. It is also how the immigrant do like for example, an asian person is speaking english with a weird sound, jews is really cheap and american "redneck" love to drink beer. It's not because American invented stereotype, it is because how the immigrant behave. And it is really funny toward the Hollywood and their use that method to make a good movie, cartoon and others. The second, is the hatred between different people. For example, American movies shown many Arabs as a villian. This is because american have been the enemy to the middle east since ages. After 9/11 media began to produce bad movies about arabs. It will effect to the american children toward arab. Not only that the middle east also produce bad things about American and it's produce the American Stereotype.
For my opinion, it is a common thing in the American media toward the stereotypes. Because if we look back again, it is true how their act and behave. No matter what, we can't run from the truth. However, not all true about the stereotypes behave. Some of them, don't have that way especially the new era of people. People now day have a good thinking then the past. So we can all just enjoy and trying to be more understand about the stereotype to the media. But, No To Racist People!!!!!
Attached here is a comic strip entitled "Rumors, lies and innuendo spread far, wide and fast on the Internet" taken from "Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture" by Stanley Baran, pg 324.
