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| Michelle Williams, an American Actress who posed for the spring-summer issue of AnOther Magazine. |
For a very long period of history, the Aboriginal community has been wronged by many countries, including America and Canada. There is a current stereotype that many people have against them, one being called "Indian". The right terms to describe them would be Aboriginal, Indigenous or native. There is not just one group of them, but many different tribes that each exist separately from one another.
The issue being presented here is American Actress Michelle Williams being put under fire because it seemed as though both the magazine and her were mocking Aboriginals and encouraging the racism, that is already present. The feather that is in Michelle's head is one stereotype of how Aboriginal people dress. This misrepresents how women of Aboriginal descent look in the media, since a famous actress is representing them in a specific get up. Now when people think of Aboriginal women, they have a clear stereotypical image of them, since the media misrepresented them. In reality, there is no specific way to identify an Aboriginal women since they may look like an average person.
While the magazine representatives clearly stated that they had no intent to mimic or stereotype any specific type of group, do you think otherwise? If so, why? Do you think that there is a specific stereotype of how women of Aboriginal descent dress? Do you think today's society is becoming more immune to stereotypes? Is there a way to reduce stereotypes?
