Facebook

I chose to write on a page to promote a DJ in the Bowling Green area. The name of the group that is “Rich C $ (Doin it for the Honey's).” This group is classified under “Entertainment & Arts - Radio” and following is the description of the page: “Two Hours of the finest Hip Hop n R&B, every Friday night from 8-10 pm on the hottest college radio station in the nation, 88.1 FM-WBGU!!!!!” There are 110 members to this group. As I look thought them there happens to be a wide range of ethnicity, however, there seems to be a slightly larger number of white members.

After reading the description of the DJ, many would assume that the person that the group focuses on is from an African American descent. However after a closer look you come to find that he is Caucasian. This is proof how society has come to stereotype a group of people and only relate them with certain characteristics. This is an example of how someone would interpret his form of speech as urban or black and immediately assume he is African American, when in fact he is a privileged white American male. His name is actually Richard, he is from Bowling Green, attends BGSU and is majoring in Telecommunication and Marketing.

I believe that this page displays how races are uniting and being constructed on Facebook. I believe that this page goes against stereotyping certain characteristics with on culture or one color of people. The content of this page combines multiple cultures in America and in a sense eliminates the color line. I base this off of the fact that everyone who is a member to Rich’s page supports him and his show, no matter their color or beliefs on race. It also shows how those members of different races have accepted a white privileged male as being urbanized as if a part of the black community.