Episode 030

Racism in the Media

In this week’s episode, the group continue their focus as of late and discuss racism in the media.

the lack of representation of black people across TV

The popular segment, WMYS - What Made You Smile returns (5:12), and then the team dissects the influence of films and tv shows (15:59). Steven poses the question of segmenting or profiling when targeting a particular type of audience in advertising (36:00), Kieran speaks about the lack of representation of black people across TV shows when growing up (39:36). Yaf opens up the subject of social media and its powerful role in the current climate, (45:44) before Kwame expands on the power of language and how it’s used by the media to manipulate the narrative of BIPOC (57:50). This is a heartfelt episode in which the guys passionately express their views on mainstream media.Follow the team online: @outofhome.ams

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