Gay vagueing

Gay vagueing is basically an advertisement that can relate to both straight people and gay people. A gay will see an ad and think the people in the ad are gay. Where as, a straight person will see the ad and see the people as straight. Dr. Broyles brought an ad to my ad concepts class a few weeks ago that showed this concept. It was a target at that I would definitely not think the women in the ad were gay; however, Dr. Broyles friend, who was a lesbian, saw all lesbian women.

Race in news reporting

About a week ago, an article was written about a school shooting where a 14 yr old boy shot two students and two teachers before killing himself. In this article, there was alot of description about the shooting and also a detailed background of the troubled teen. About 3/4's through the article it was stated that the boy was white in a school that was primarily black. However, it stated that race played no part in the crime. I don't think that they needed to discuss how he was white and the rest of the school was black if it had nothing to do with the crime. I do however think they need to state the race of the shooter but nothing else. It gives the reader a better image of him. Especially considering his name is Asa. This makes the reader curious to what race he is. But if race played no part then you shoudn't relate his race to the rest of the school.

Donovan McNabb

Donovan McNabb recently did an interview on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryan Gumbal." In the interview McNabb stated that black quarterbacks are more criticized than white quarterbacks. He said that critics don't want blacks to play quarterbacks so they tend to criticize them more. He thinks that all people believe that black quarterbacks are considered mobile quarterbacks and can't throw the ball well or manage the game. I think this is ludacris. The thought that black quarterbacks are criticized more than white quarterbacks is rediculous. Every quarterback is criticized when they have a bad game. White or black alike. I think these statements were very over the top and don't make much sense. I mean, how can he say that black quarterbacks are criticized more by critics, when some of the critics criticizing him are black themselves. It just doesn't make much sense to me.

Disabilities

When I think of a person with disabilities, I think of an elderly person in a wheelchair than cannot live a normal life. A major stereotype of a person with disabilities is they are useless. They are different and need special treatment. The media tends to only pay attention to the disabled when it is an inspirational story or a matter of laws. They don't see the disabled as a factor in everyday life. They don't think about how they are affected every day. This not only occurs in media, it happens with everyone. People parking in handicap spots that aren't actually handicap. People perceiving a car with a handicapped tag as a car that drives slow and needs to get off the road. And the phrase that always comes up, "Why do they even have a license?" It is apparant that there is a problem with the way people with disabilities are perceived. Not only in the media, but everywhere.