Social media is the breading ground for stereotypes. As we all know racism has a lot to do with the spread and belief of stereotypes that supposedly portrays characteristics of a group of people based on their race. Before the birth of social media, racism was obviously still around but in my opinion it was a dying notion; however with the birth of social media emerged a new outlet for people to spread stereotypes and lies. Personally social media is where I became largely aware of the many stereotypes relating to racism.
Obviously there are many other factors such as cinema, music and cable news stations. Although on each of these mediums the person who is the credible source for the information is known; social media however is a different story. Unreliable or non credible sources are constantly trending and shared which are many times largely inaccurate and as a result, end up confusing the average American about what's really going on. For example, certain situations where police were forced to use their guns on dangerous civilians have gone viral. Although they don't ever show what the civilian did to force the policeman to pull his gun, they only show his murder. If that civilian just so happened to be an African-American, after the clip goes viral, all cops are rumored to be racist and out to murder the blacks any chance they get. Social media is a great way to gather quick information much like a encyclopedia, however to get more in-depth and accurate information we need to do our research on credible sources to learn the whole story not just the six second meme.
The Facebook page I created is for a local home building company that I've worked for nearly 5 years. Its called Majestic Homes, based out of Riverton, UT. They've been around for over 25 years and survived the financial recession in 2008. Although business has picked up since then its still not producing like it did before the crash. They have great customer relations and most of their business comes from referrals. I figured if they had a Facebook along with their website, they would be able to reach out to more people and hopefully increase home sales. https://www.facebook.com/Majestichomesutah/?ref=hl
Presidents Obamas State of The Union Address 2016
This years state of the union like the rest of Obamas speeches seemed lethargic. Obama is a masterful politician, but when it comes to leadership he lacks some essential traits. I understand that its not all his fault that Washington has been in a Gridlock for nearly 8 years (since Republicans play a role in that as well), however many seem to forget that for two whole years he had democratic majorities in the both the House and the Senate and he did nothing with that power whats so ever, other then increasing our national debt and prematurely pulling our troops out of Iraq(which led the birth of ISIS).
Today he has lost both the Senate and the House majorities and instead of seeking ways to repair democratic and republican relations he choses to bypass them (and the people) though executive orders. So regarding the state of the union address (through all his efforts to glorify his so-called "achievements" as president), I finally heard one honest statement, he mentioned how he only has one regret of his presidency and it was how he has worsened democratic/republican relations and created and even greater divide in the Washington and the country. For a split second I thought Obama was finally going to take responsibility for something he clearly did wrong...however, this moment was short lived.
He then went on to say that its shouldn't be his sole responsibility to unite the two parties, which struck me as an excuse to counteract his inability of uniting people (a trait thats is vital for effective leadership). Obama is a gifted politician that knows how to spin situations in his favor, which has been evident throughout his presidency and even this year State of the Union.
