... portrayal whether positive or negative can have a negative effect on society. They too often shape how viewers categorize the struggles and lifestyles of others. Paula Matabane, in 1988, at the peak of The Cosby Show, found that Blacks who were heavy television viewers had more idealized notions of society and thought more Black Americans were middle class and that integration was ... night before (and the night before that, ad nauseum ), the employer may rationalize the not hiring of the Black individual without knowing what his true motivation was, therein feeding the cycle of oppress...

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