White Washing in American Media
Final Video
Outline of Major Points
- A brief history of how it started
- Colonization
- The original land
- Laws and statutes intentionally put in place to dehumanize and disadvantage those other than “white”
- The state of media today
- Different examples; white washing characters in movies, ex. Emma Stone in Aloha, in Comic Books, Katara and Sokka in the live adaptation of Avatar
- statistics
- No representation, bad representation if any
- Call to action
- Recognize your history
- You have power to give credit where credit is due
- Demand change
- Create change
- Normalize more colors, shapes, & sizes in your project
Design Aesthetic
- Follows a story drawing connections from reality
- Vibrant, modern, glossy, color-blocking, linesless aesthetic. Minimal detail / facial features.
- Statistics in White text to contaminate or “wash over”
- Transitions and moves through color, paint strokes, water color, lines
