Critical Writing Index

Anti-Racism Advertising

by Effie Pow

Video Guide, Spring 1991, v. 11, no. 1, pp. 3-5

An article about an anti-racist intitiative by the British Association of Broadcasters to sponsor the production of radio and television ads exhibiting public awareness on issues of racism. Considering the implications of a business oriented anti-racist campaign, this article examines the production process of the ads while addressing problems of language, mass media, and white male perspective in the representation of racial issues.

ITEM 1991.096 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

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