White Men and The Pandering of American Media: (Pt. 1)The White Male Default
How White Men Are Portrayed in American Popular Media
Pandering: the act of catering to or profiting from the weaknesses, vices, or unreasonable desires of others
Let’s talk about pandering, which is one of the favorite terms of disgruntled white male geeks, (at least the ones who loudly complain that they are being ignored in entertainment media. Note: They’re not entirely wrong.) What is pandering? How is it being done, what does it look like in films, TV shows, books, and music? We have only to look at the history of Hollywood to answer those questions. And what are the side effects of so many decades of Popular media pandering to only one demographic? For the purposes of this discussion, I’ll be speaking only about US entertainment media (although it is a global enterprise.)
Most of what Americans know about the rest of the world comes only through the media they consume since most Americans do not engage in international travel, and unfortunately, most of them are content to leave it at the level where the consumption of entertainment media is the sum of their knowledge. Most Americans don’t use their media consumption as a jumping-off point for more research on a topic, or to question whatever narrative they have just been…
