Sign up: May 3, Media vs Stereotypes Issues Roundtable - CIVITAS-STL

Sign up: May 3, Media vs Stereotypes Issues Roundtable

Join Civitas on May 3 for the next Issues Roundtable.

The world is covered in advertisements. Do you feel like the people you see in such media blurbs are regular people?

Silly question. Of course they’re not. They’re salespeople designed to sell you a product or idea. We’re going to look at some of the stereotypes that ads use against you, from women seductively eating burgers to guys who are comically inept at housecleaning. What do these images say about how we view racial and gender stereotypes in our community?  Join us for an awesome discussion!

Here’s a sample of the sort of ads we will be watching:

 

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