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Black Male Re-Imagined | Perception Institute

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As part of our efforts to transform the culture, Perception Institute hosted the Black Male Re-Imagined convening in 2010, in partnership with the Open Society Foundation's Campaign for Black Male Achievement and the Knight Foundation.

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The images done of rappers in endorsement were not representative of them as individuals, instead it was the depiction of how the artists should look

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Media affects the minds of people.

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Black men are often perceived as violent, criminals and just in a negative light overall. in media. The media rarely show black men as successful and positive.

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Many of the time Black artist, influencers, actors etc, give back to their communities because of the gap they have between every other community.

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Camille Hackney's job is to stop the campaign when the images do not represent the artist. She works to protect the artist brand and image.

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She works to present someone how they wish to present themselves and to adapt their brand to how they change over the times

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Adding more black actors and black faces to screens will be good but creating that actor or actress to become a stereotype will cause more perceptions upon the black community.

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The negative perception of black men in media gives other people this perception which is very harmful to black men and also affects black men themselves and their identity.

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Opportunities in the media for black man are usually always less then it is for white man

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Corporate media has put groups of people at the top and at the bottom. Colour of change took part in going to these corporate companies and having them take accountability for their actions. For example: corporate groups that sponsored blackface for a long time, have to take accountability for making the Black race seem inferior

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Globalizing and mobilizing more of everyday life black voices for more understanding of the world and, the world to know that what they see in media is not true.

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Dr. Eleni Janis says that "In the media (such as film, news and television) the images that we see of black men and boys are heavily negative" which is effectively <inaccurate> with respect to real life. And even when portraying positive traits like: being successful or being a good (and present) father, are very limited in the media, and in even then, are sometimes twisted to become negative things (i.e., they have "dirty money")

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I agree with her job as to protect the artist and the brands from the perceptions and beliefs that other people have and to make sure that they aren't made to do anything that isn't authentic to them

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A way to challenge the perceptions is to talk to producers/directors of media and having the conversation with them about if the media they are putting out is comparable to the realities of black men.

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I agree with this video. For decades in the media black man are either perceived as the villain or as the joke, never an in between. Its been harmful to the black community because this affects the way these men view themselves but also how our community views them and what we expect from black man. Some have been pushed into rapping or basketball just to fit into society because this is what society expects from them. So when we see successful black doctor, engineer, astronaut, governor. People will have a hard time believing that black man can do more than just sports and music.

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Black people sometimes are looked down upon and are always taken for anything, as the second or last option.

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Black people sometimes are looked down upon and are always taken for anything, as the second or last option.

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People are often focused on the negatives of black stereotypes more than the positives. 

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People are often focused on the negatives of black stereotypes more than the positives. 

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Other races get more praise for their positives than black people do.

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Other races get more praise for their positives than black people do.

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they said using humure is a good way to connect on physical and emotional level, a ways to teach folks about things like racism inequality "Lack of desire to engage in the topic"

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if you're the only black student in a classroom you're automatically deputized as sort of assistant professor X anytime.

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if you're the only black student in a classroom you're automatically deputized as sort of assistant professor X anytime.

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In means to divert the targeted idea of a "black male" in the media industry, Dr. Janis suggest alternatives such as: "using some of the main trends in pop culture" to build a different image for black people, especially Black men. Sizzle Media (a tool that she suggests people use) is trend and a tool that black men can use to tell the story of what they're lives are really like. They can talk about how they have positive traits too and how they're part of being a <black person who isn't stereotyped>.

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it's our job to put in paper and introducing to the world the vision of a black male some allowance of discuffort of pushing of the bounds in term of thinking about how to be black we should our father, our son etc...

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Its singular value is in getting around many people's natural defense mechanisms, especially when it comes to a sensitive subject like race where many people don't want to talk about it because they're either over it or they believe we all should be. They say things like, "Look, you have a black president, why are we still doing this," but we're not quite there yet. When people laugh, it's a physical and uncontrollable release that some satire or parodies can cause in people.

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Its singular value is in getting around many people's natural defense mechanisms, especially when it comes to a sensitive subject like race where many people don't want to talk about it because they're either over it or they believe we all should be. They say things like, "Look, you have a black president, why are we still doing this," but we're not quite there yet. When people laugh, it's a physical and uncontrollable release that some satire or parodies can cause in people.

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She helps her artists project an image that fits them rather then one that is stereotypical

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I agree that black people (even if it's fair for white people and everybody else to have it too), should have a safe, free and public platform to teach people who oppress, misinterpret, diminish and stereotype the image of a black person--about why it doesn't make sense to create a bad image for people like them. Traits like: being a good student, being a caring mother, being a "happy family", being a present father, being a spoiled [black] child, being rich and established; and any traits commonly portrayed through white people, are <normal> (and can <be> normalized) in the Black community too