Hegemony

As advanced as our society may claim to be regarding our values, morals, and mentality, the fact still remains that 200 years after slavery was abolished, and the racist wall was knocked down we are still fighting the same wars. You can see it, everyday, in the movies, in the commercials, in the advertisements, in the schools. See the thing is, as society, we haven't taken racism out of circulation, we have merely suppressed the feelings that a person of colour, is not the equal. How many advertisements feature a person of ethnic background promoting their product? How many times will you see an African American in a movie that is portrayed as anything but a gangster, or criminal? The answer is, rarely ever. This is where you can see hegemony playing its ever so important role in society. The dominate class exercising its power over the cultural, economic and political leadership to maintain the direction of a nation.…