Journalism is not inherently racist, it does not create racism, however it can be a cause of it, it can encourage it. Racism is an act of segregation and ranking of individuals based on their inherent characteristics or features. “Racism is manifested through discriminatory or exclusionary practices, on the one hand, and prejudiced beliefs, opinions,…
Opposites, the Sublime and the Beautiful “The invention of beauty by the Greeks, that is, their postulate of beauty, as an ideal, has been the bugbear of European art and European aesthetic philosophies. Man’s natural desire in the arts to express his relation to the Absolute became identified and confused with the absolutisms of perfect…
The portrayal of decadence through staging and shots in the 1945 adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray compared to the 2009 adaptation. “Move from the consciousness of the picture to the unconscious of the thought… A photograph is only a surface, lacking in depth, but burdened with fantastic weight.” Philippe DuBois, Photography…