147 3 Democracy and citizenship misconceptions and racism in society. They also can produce a sense of worthlessness and despair among the people being stereotyped. Indigenous people must also be shown in a positive light, to encourage respect and pride and to challenge stereotypes. Now and in the future, newsmakers and the TV and film industries need to take a hard look at their reporting. Hopefully we will start to see more positive visibility in news stories, as well as more BAME actors in everyday roles. It is clear that equal representation is the best way forward for a just society. Representation of BAME characters in topgrossing fictional films (2014): 73.1 per cent white 12.5 per cent black 5.3 per cent Asian 4.9 per cent Hispanic or Latino 2.9 per cent Middle Eastern 1.2 per cent other racial or ethnic groups < 1 per cent indigenous peoples top-grossing – söluhæst a misconception – ranghugmynd worthlessness – lítils virði despair – örvænting reporting – umfjöllun visibility – sýnileiki just – réttlátur Ms Lois Risling (right) projects on a screen the former mascot used by Stanford University during the symposium on racist Native American images, stereotypes and team names.
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