Racial Stereotyping in the Media

Feb. 15, 2017: Businessman Homer King stands outside his small store in Marion, Ala. King says he is praying for President Donald Trump despite misgivings about his election.

Travis Dixon, media effects scholar and University of Illinois communications professor, and Rashid Shabazz, Color of Change chief marketing and storytelling officer, discuss the new study, conducted by Dixon and commissioned by the groups Color of Change and Family Story, that found news reports offered distorted views of black families in their coverage.