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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop
I would be tickled pink if you could substantiate the above claims, namely that (1) the role of the media & (2) how racist attitudes are formed.
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Very easy really, as pre-WW1 media set the tone for the rest of the century. They were so good at stirring up mass hysteria in most European countries, that when WW1 kicked off people were falling over themselves to fight for some patriotic cause.
Der Sturmer was a widely read newspaper in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s and was a great tool for the Nazis.
Serbian media that backed Milosevic, were so good at their job, he usually had rallies like so where nationalists listened to his every word.
Here in the UK, The Sun is the most widely read newspaper, its right-wing and usually tells the masses things like how immigrants are stealing their jobs, how the EU is stuffing the UK etc.
Now we're often told that we shouldn't believe everything we read, but given that most racists are not the brightest sparks in the park, they DO tend to believe what they read. Now if you can't see the power of the media and how it can help to promote racist attitudes..................