"White people create the dominant images of the world, and don’t quite see that they thus construct the world in their image."
Richard Dyer
Discussions of media stereotyping have tended to focus on how traditionally marginalized groups such as women, gay men, lesbians, and ethnic minorities have been negatively affected by stereotypical portrayals. But increasingly, scholars are considering how stereotyping privileges certain groups.
This section deals with whiteness and white privilege in the media; how white privilege is reinforced and supported by the media; and how the media marginalize the perspectives not only of visible minorities, but also of working-class women and men.
