Stereotypes in the Media Why does the media feel they need to portray different races, religions, genders, and ethnic group inaccurately? Do they feel this type of entertainment will sell? In television shows and feature films people are mocked, made fun of, and stereotyped depending on how people visualize them. They are portrayed unrealistically and something should be done about it. I believe some television shows and movies offend people and undermine their morale. The …showed first 75 words of 854 total…

…showed last 75 words of 854 total…various groups can be funny. We have all laughed at one point or another at a joke based on a stereotype, but only because we either know of the generalization or believe it ourselves, and this is part of the problem. Writers of television shows and movies should change their bad image by doing away with all stereotypes they once represented, but this will never happen until we show them that we aren't laughing anymore.