Essay Revising

Hyung Joo , Lee

English 126

Jessica Inclan

03 /27 /2007

Television

After work , if you had no other plans , you would probably go back to your home . At your place , you would probably calm your nerves by taking a shower , have some bites to feed your hunger and then sink onto the couch . What would you think that the next step in the routine will be You may grab the TV remote control and spend hours surfing over hundreds of channels . This is an extremely common scenario in most homes

br Television has become an essential part of our lives and given us entertainments for many years . It is undoubtedly one of the most powerful media which influences our everyday lives through the stories it provides . While most of us watch television just for fun , these stories can have a lasting impact on the notion of what it means to be ourselves . However , viewers should be aware that all the television stories are not always accurate and true

We are living in a time when 98 of all households own at least one television set - a set which is turned on at least seven hours a day (In this nation , because it is a melting pot of diverse cultures one of the most problematic issues that the society might never be able to solve would be discrimination , especially racism . For many , joking about the differences between a white man and a black man- I mean racism - that mostly spotting the difference between a white and a black man has been a major pastime . Just because some people have different skin colors than others , labeling other races as chink or the n-word reduces them into nothing more than another person marching along with featureless faces . This shouldn 't be happening anywhere in this world but , unfortunately , some T .V programs take part in this very behavior

On such television show is the Chappell show , a show named after the man who stars in it . He is an African-American but the show typically centers on racism as it is in daily life , presented as a comedy . For him , racism is a farce , and his skits show that it is very much alive today but in a more subtle way . For example , in one such skit , entitled White Supremacy ' Chappelle plays an African-American Klan member His character is clearly black ' but is blind and cannot see that he is , in fact , African-American . The character grew up believing that he is white and becomes a very prominent member of the Klan , constantly shouting racist slogans to the delight of other Klan members

Most people understand that racism in TV is wrong , not because aliens might be watching American television , but because people are particularly impressionable children and teenagers (Rosenzwieg , 162 Of course , the story was the comedy , and it wouldn 't ever happen in real life . Grown people are expected to have reason and to distinguish between right and the wrong through it . Adults...