Racialized and gendered stereotypes are easy to find in every aspect of popular media: television, films, YouTube videos, music, video games, etc. Can you think of any media that uses stereotypes as egregious as those found on America's Next Top Model? Does any of the media that you regularly consume rely on stereotypes? If so, illustrate your claim with specific examples. Why do stereotypes exist? Why do stereotypes exist specifically in popular culture? What purposes do they serve? Are there any valid excuses for using them? Pozner's article talks about racialized and gendered stereotypes specifically in reality television show and the effect they have on contestants (real people). I just wanted to say that reality television is just a huge farce. I believe that producers put on people of diverse racial backgrounds just to attract different groups of people to watch a particular show. Television is nothing more than a business. If a reality show has a diverse audience, then it can bring that diverse audience to the advertiser. Subjugation has to do with one group of people dominating another group by taking away their freedom. This term also applies for the essay by Jennifer Pozner. Tyra Banks is demeaning these women who come onto the show feeling beautiful and proud and who leave feeling ashamed of themselves and their bodies. They submit to Tyra and begin looking down on themselves because society has taught people, especially women, to believe everything they hear or see. Their image of the perfect woman changes drastically and they believe that the only thing left to do is to submit to Tyra’s harassment. Objectification is defined as treating a person, usually a woman, as an object. In Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas a black woman named Yaya came onto the show America’s Next Top Model, and impressed Tyra Banks with her education and natural hair. Tyra told her that she was impressed with her pride and it was