history shows, writers and photographers have played a big role in how we see society as a whole.photographer and journalists another people can give and shows the truth of what is happening in the world, however, know one can  never know whether what you are seeing is the whole truth. In the video ” Seeing the Race”, Martin Berger reveals how during the 1950s and 1960s photos of black people during the civil rights movement were used for comforting white people. Because most of the writers and photographers were white, they lean to show black people as the victims and can’t fight for their rights. Berger stated “ the photographs allowed white viewers to feel secure, and therefore more amenable to change”, and in illustrating blacks as victims, However, they never showed the strong side of them. their perseverance and the protest to get their rights.

Over time, there have been countless protests and civil movements in order to enrich the government and make the lives of minorities better through government reform. There is a lot of violence against people of color from the police. Current media is showing the true colors of how corrupt the policing system truly is. Martin A. Berger highlights that the reason that newspaper writers and News anchors use alluring titles where they emphasize the current situations and events in hopes of more customers and viewers ( mostly white ), and this destresses them in a way. This has been happening for decades. The media taking the experiences and oppression of minorities in order to profit off of them. This undervalues and diminishes the entire concept. In order to help society to move forward and be better, the positives of minorities should be brought to attention, rather than just showing the negatives and creating a bad stigma around that community.

What do you make of Berger’s argument? Do you agree, disagree, or something in between? Use the information from Chapter 4 of They Say/I Say and the “Sheridan Baker Thesis Machine” and write a thesis statement in which you take a position on Berger’s argument.

Civil rights images depicting the struggle of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama, during the sixties. I agree with Berger, who is not only focused on the significance of these visual images in garnering support for the black civil rights struggle but focuses that the way of documentary photographs of that era reveals as much about whiteness as they do about blackness. Pictures of black people photographed as they asked sympathy from white people. Berger illuminates “the role that the photographs played in managing whites’ anxieties about race,” but more specifically, “how white journalists and their audiences selected, framed, and responded to the most famous scenes of the civil rights era”(pg6).

Oppressive and racist institutions still shape the material conditions of all POCs today. This also goes back to Martin Berger’s theory of how the media often featured photographs of black victims in order to attract sympathy from whites and to be able to cover the path of the civil rights legation of people not only of color but also everyone’s. But at some time, that law did not work or was not taken into account because whites had more power than people of color. the photographs could impede efforts to enact or even imagine reforms that threatened the racial power of whites all because they needed a more generalized display of the opposition. The black are shown as victims of violence and are shown as defenseless people. Although it was a good move to show the public these images in order to spread the word about the civil rights movement. images of protesters beaten by the police can still be seen in some current media. Rather than raise the voice of blacks and were able to protest together to them ultimately, they discredit what the movement stood for and now what the Black Lives Matter movement stands for today.

I agree with Berger that editors of newspapers and magazines choose photos based on their perception to attract white readers. In the 20th century, most white editors would choose photos with black Americans as victims in order to promote the interests of black Americans and not threaten whites. It can be seen that the editors hope to stimulate the emotions of white people and try their best to resolve the long-standing racial problem. In addition, it can be seen that the race issue is still very serious about George Floyd. There are too many black Americans who speak out for racial equality in the media pictures. The world is working hard for the issue of racial equality. The choice of pictures is very important to convey information. If you choose not carefully, it may intensify conflicts. Even though the white editor’s selection seems to weaken black Americans, it helped the racial movement.

1. According to Berger publicity affects consumers by persuading them into believing that buying this product would make their life better . It shows how good the people who bought the product lives has turned out and wants them want to have the same or better experience from from what they have seen. ” Publicity proposes to each of us in a consumer society that we change ourselves or our lives by buying something more. This “more” that publicity persuades us will make us in some way richer, even though we will be poorer by having spent our money.” These goods would make someone feel good for getting a produce that makes them seem rich. Publicity is significant because it means good public relations which equals good business it is also significant because it makes people attracted to what you are selling. People liked to be envied or have a lot of attention so when they see something that will make them be watched the would get it.
2. The difference between oil paintings and publicity pictures is that oil painting embrace and further show the beauty and qualities one already has while publicity pictures show something a false happiness or gives off the idea of a better life future. Oil paintings usually should the upper class people and have good the lived but publicity photos show things we could get whether we live good or not. oil painting life is something we would envy because of the class you in while publicity pics shows a life you will dream to get.
3. One of Berger dream is ” The dream of later tonight “which is the having a good time while being surrounded by alcohol which makes people want to experience this kind of life. Usually when people see others drinking an having fun they even get mad people it is not something they do or they try to experience the same thing

According to Berger, “publicity “images influence consumers by stimulating our memories to desire to buy products and become models in the photographs. Our daily lives surround these pictures. The more you visually see them, the greater is the need to consume them. It is significant because when we see photos in magazines or on billboards, these illustrations stay in our minds and even our dreams.
These differences are essential because oil painting shows people’s history; their wealth is one of the uppermost importance characteristics. What they have and enjoyed around them were symbols of status and reputation. Simultaneously, publicity reflects more on the consumers’ wants and gestures of feeling glamorous one desires to have in their lives to enjoy for the consumer to achieve having them. The indicated reveals that people can have anxiety about money and that money is magical, but you continue to be the person you are having all of these things.
The dream of later tonight offered by advertising uses imagery to manipulate the consumer to have a good time drinking alcohol. The pleasures of being surrounded by friends and your better half, talking, and laughing, you feel the happiest in your life. But you are left feeling the same way you did yesterday. The difference you have spent money going to a lounge and purchasing alcoholic beverages. Therefore, the short period you encountered did not completely fulfill your needs.

Id say that i agree that sexuality still plays a big role in how women are captured today but the difference is that it isn’t controlled solely by the male perception. There’s a certain liberty to women being sexualized that represents more female empowerment and not so much insecurity or something for men to look at. Women now have control on how and for what they are viewed. During the renaissance these women were painted and everyone saw them the same way, now we know how multifaceted women really are , beyond a representation of sex symbolism they can be whoever they want to be not needing to be naked to draw the attention.