Cultural Studies On Race And Social Classes - 1124 Words

In today s society, culture is impacting our everyday life, experience and social relations; we are all categorized by our cultural â€Å"groups†, but this has changed rapidly throughout the years from one generation to the next. Cultural studies were developed in the late 1950’s, through the 1970’s by the British academic scholars. The British scholars were able engaged cultural analysis and the developed then transformed of the different fields, for example, politically, theoretically and empirically that are now represented around the world. I will explain Marxist and Stuart Hall perspective of cultural studies theory the differences of hegemony and ideology, and then describe how people are discriminated is based on race and social†¦show more content†¦For example, of hegemony are African American and Hispanic is lazy, tall African American men play basketball and Asians are all smart. The term ideology refers to a system of ideas, cultural, religious beliefs that sway society over they have and have not’s. We come in contact every day with cultural diversity in the workplace, schools and need to learn to not offend another person based on their cultural group. Most people assume how a person is based on their appearances and their race. In today s society, â€Å"people are closed minded,† and do not take the opportunity getting to know the other person because of stereotyping and racism. Even though we all have different opinions toward other cultures, norms, beliefs and values we should all respect each other differences. We should consider learning from one another and not judge a person based on their race, ethnicity, gender and religion. As a society, it is very important; we educated ourselves in other cultures, even though we all have different values and beliefs. Cultural studies are influenced by the â€Å"Marxist interpretation of society,† but according to, â€Å"Stuart Hall believed that mass media has highlighted those people that are already in positions of power† and the media has exploited the poor keeping them powerless. â€Å"Hall says that he describes mass media as the dominance that maintain