I don't care what tribe they are, as long as they're Native and making a difference. It makes me happy. It shows we're getting somewhere. The Native youth in our focus groups acknowledged the media's effects on perceptions of people of color. Accordingly, focus group participants talked about seeing racially stereotyped roles on TV, particularly for Whites and African Americans.
Most TV shows have Black people as the bad guy .
Native kids acknowledged the media's effects on perceptions of people of color. On the rare occasions when Native youth do see their culture and race in the media, it is often an unflattering picture . They're not often shown as the main character or the heroine. And they're all drunk and beating up on each other. And they're poor.