One type of character saturates the American media. He acts as the hero in most movies, TV shows, and books. Foreigners must think that Americans think of character as superior to others. He or she has one characteristic that distinguishes him or her from others: white skin. The media tends to idolize this character. If a character is not white, common stereotypes haunt him; they become sidekicks, comic relief, or even the token minority. However, a common characteristic extends to this minority: everyone needs white male savoir. The media acts as a mirror towards the society and possesses such a strong influence on it. Jim Morrison, an American singer, says that “Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”. With the white hero dominating much of America, what message does this send? Does the minority have to rely on a white person to act as savoir? Can they just not become the heroes themselves? Today, according to the media, the company says no. This ideal has become ingrained in American culture; it has been implanted generation after generation. The racism created by years of slavery still exists today. According to the media, only white people can achieve success. Only they can be the heroes. Unfortunately, this leads to self-hatred, lower self-esteem, or a desire to change oneself. The American media has and will always favor white people. The lack of diversity in the media damages minority trust and can be resolved through the creation of more diverse characters in the media. Who exactly classifies themselves as “American”? Some come to mind with those whose family comes from the colonizers of the 1700s. These are the English who disagreed with their king, the Irish who wanted to escape the famine, and other Europeans... half of paper... subramanics ). The ignorance presented by the media also affects people negatively. The Clark Doll Test introduced it in the 1950s. Their tests show that black children felt inferior to white children. In 2010, CNN conducted a study among children in New York and Georgia similar to the Doll Test used in the Brown vs. Board of Education case conducted by Professor Margaret Spenser. White children had “white prejudices.” According to the study, this meant they identified “one's skin color with positive attributes and darker skin with negative attributes.” Black children were also prejudiced against whites. Although the infamous Clark Doll Test is more than half a century old, it proves that ideals have not changed. This led her to conclude that even in 2010, “we still live in a society where dark things are devalued and white things are valorized”..”