The media has become an important part of our lives. In fact it has shaped the way we perceive other races. Minority races such as Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans, and Asians are misrepresented in the media. The media has a huge impact on race, by presenting racial stereotypes the media tells us that some races behave in a particular way which shapes the way society sees them and in many times the way they see themselves. We tend to believe everything the media says about us and other races without questioning whether it is actually true. Nowadays it is difficult to see the damage the media is doing to society. It has become too normal that we are already accustomed to denying reality. I have read several things that have opened my eyes to the reality of the media; A crash course in Hollywood's Latino imagery by Charles Ramirez Berg, (Re)presenting: Muslims on North American television by Amir Hussain, True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, and The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu. These readings include an important message about minority races, which I believe society should be aware of. All of the readings I mentioned above have something in common, they all examine how race is portrayed in the media. Furthermore, they also include how the media can potentially shape our perception of who we are and who others are. Our young community is the one most affected by the media. Children receive messages in TV shows, cartoons, movies, and books about how different races supposedly are, and they immediately begin to assume that those messages are true and continue to grow up with that ideology. I'm sure we've all faced these stereotypes at some point. in fact we may even apply these stereotypes in our own lives. I read... halfway down the paper... I'll see that they are not what the media says they are. There is an urgent need to realize that all the media is trying to do is make money and that includes exaggerating racial stereotypes. Works CitedBerg, Charles Ramírez. "A crash course in Hollywood's Latino images." Latin images in cinematic stereotypes, subversion, resistance. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2002. 66-86. Print.Eclipse. Director David Slade. Perf. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner. Summit Entertainment, 2010. DVD.Hussain, Amir. “(Re)Presentation: Muslims on North American Television.” (2009): n.Page. Web. Liu, Ken. "The paper menagerie." Fantasy and Science Fiction 2011: 64-76. Print."Mypods and Boomsticks." The Simpsons. FOX Broadcasting Company. KBBL, Springfield. March 4, 2013. Television. “Study Says Latinos Are Most Affected by Ethnic Stereotypes.” LATINA. Np, nd Web.