Secondary Source 4

My fourth secondary source is a book written by Robert Ferguson examining the representations of race in the media. The book begins with theories on race representations in general and then builds upon those theories to make claims about race in media culture. Ferguson uses case study examples to make claims about the “anti-racist” tendencies of the media and the normalizations of racial stereotypes resulting from “popular ideological support” in mainstream culture. An interesting reason that I chose this source is that it was written in England. I believe that an international perspective on race relations will add a larger context for my examination of race relations in America.

Robert Ferguson, Representing ‘Race’, Oxford University Press, New York, 1998