Music Videos and Race & gender

The people that are in these videos are white males and females that have southern accents.  Their accents make them sound not very smart and they are portrayed as southern rednecks.   The songs that the white males sing have a lot of stories about how things used to be.  This makes the white male seem really laid back and easy going with few problems.  The white women are portrayed as very natural and not materialistic. 

            After watching these videos, it would be easy to assume that white people do not socialize with blacks or any other minorities and only with other people like them.  That white people live in the country and not in the busy city life.  Another conclusion would be that white people are rednecks and don’t try to make much out of their life.  The videos show old cars and classic ways of doing things. 

Here is an example of a video that would be on CMT:  http://youtube.com/watch?v=qymwbsOG190&feature=user

            The music videos maintain the stereotype that white people don’t socialize with other minority groups.  Also that white people like to drink alcohol and party with themselves.  

Music Videos on BET also portray some very daunting stereotypes.  There are very rarely white people in the videos and this makes the public assume that white people are not allowed to take part in the young African American culture that is in America today. 

Here is an example of a music video that would be on BET:  http://youtube.com/watch?v=t-xJxuJSnRc

These kinds of images on Television help create the line between blacks and whites that the youth of America carry over towards their everyday life.  If they don't see people they look up too, such as musicians or stars, then they assume that it is not a socially acceptable thing to do.