In the chapter, “Black Men: How to Perpetrate Prejudice Without Really Trying,” Barry Glassner discusses Americans’ fears of black men and how these fears are perpetrated wrongfully by certain groups. According to Glassner, blacks are slighted by the media because it fails to report the fact that "many more black men are casualties of crime than are perpetrators" (109). In fact, violence is the leading cause of death for young black men in addition to the fact that they have much higher chance of being murdered than a white women (112). Glassner’s explanation is that the media is racist because it panders to our racist prejudices that we expect blacks to be victims, so they are not newsworthy. The attention given to crimes against black males…show more content… Glassner goes on to say that blacks have undeservedly been named as America’s foremost anti-Semites. The media had implied that black anti-Semitism was concentrated on college campuses and incident were continuing to increase. Glassner disproves these exaggerations saying that there were 114 incidents on 3,600 college campuses representing 14 million students (120). Glassner points out the media coverage neglected to mention that many of these ‘incidents’ were the result of speeches given by people like Rev. Farrakhan and other ‘black’ speakers. So in actuality, even if black students committed anti-semitism act it would only amount to a small portion of the black community. In addition to the hate crimes, Glassner discussed the ramifications of rap music and the consequences rappers face for their music. Black rapper’s support violence, anti-law enforcement messages, and disrespect for women, but statistically the number is not significant. Glassner continues to point out that other genres such as country and rock have a long tradition of having lyrics that support mens disrespect toward women, yet it goes by unnoticed. But unlike those genres the black rappers face scrutiny over the words that they say in their
