(Archived document, may contain errors) 79 March 5, 1982 DOEOS EXTENDED BURN-UP PROORAM.- 77-IE GOOD ATOM MISUNDERSTOOD INTRODUCTION The budget and tax cuts that are now being made are long overdue. Indeed, a better budget is a smaller budget and taxes only improve with their reduction. There are, however, a few instances when even a small program cut sacrifices so much in future savings that it would be imprudent to make when funds could be shifted from larger, less pressing projects.
When mass media exploded in the late 19th century, degrading images of Black Americans – as inferior, clownish and dangerous – saturated nearly every aspect of popular culture, from music to advertising.
The evolution of radio, film and television in the 20th century only amplified demeaning images, providing “proof” to white Americans of Black inferiority and a justification for denying them their rights.
Today, many of these same tired images persist and continue to feed baseless perceptions. A 2017 study showed that the news media continue to “inaccurately portray Black families as more poor, criminal and unstable than white families.”
When those malicious images first started to proliferate, Black Americans found an especially effective way to resist. They seized upon the camera to represent themselves, using photographs to depict who they really were. Seemingly a “magical instrument” for “the displaced and marginalized,” as critic bell hooks writes, the