In the article by LeRoy Ashby, The Rise of Popular
Culture: A Historiographical Sketch, it was said that powerful groups
create their own culture. Reflecting on what I have learned about popular
culture I realized this statement is still true. However, today it is a
struggle over more things, to be the most twitted, to have the most money, the
most prestige or power. I can list many more items, but it always stays the
same: those who are popular control the development of culture, and how people
perceive the world around them. The example given in the article was that of minstrelsy. White men would imitate black people
and create an image that was a damaging stereotype, and gave the people who
watched the performances the wrong impression about black people and the South.
That effect is still seen today through popular culture only highlighting one
aspect of an idea, nation, or anything else, allowing for misunderstandings.
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