Micheal Jackson released the song Black and White on November 11, 1991, when he was already a world-
\nrenowned singer. The song aimed to get the attention of people of different races worldwide. Black and
\nWhite proved to be a huge success with about 500 million viewers from 27 countries. Due to the fact that
\nracism was still a popular ideology among certain parts of the world, Jackson included many symbols for
\nthe two seemingly contrasting concepts or colors \u2013 black and white but eventually demonstrated that the
\ntwo colors could mix and fit in the society equally.<\/p>\n
The lyrics contained one of the most significant symbols and the rap verse caught my attention. \u201cIt\u2019s a turf
\nwar on global scale, I\u2019d rather hear both sides of the tale.\u201d The quote suggests that racism provoke a war
\nbetween different races, devastating human relations. Additionally, Jackson may be indicating the realistic
\nsituation where social medias in the United States were leaning towards the White\u2019s voice and were biased
\nagainst the black race. He thought that voices (tales) from both sides (black and white) should be
\nconsidered, proving that black voices should be equally considered in media and all contribute to the
\nbenefit of the world and society.<\/p>\n
The visual rhetoric choices were immediately more direct to the audience. There were two children sitting
\nside by side, with black and white skin respectively, holding a snow globe together. The position they were
\nsitting in states a close relationship between two children of different races, while the snow globe may
\nrepresent the purity of relationships between the children. That is to say, racism was not inherited but
\ninstead was taught by inappropriate education from adults. Therefore, the racism ideologies were opposed
\nto nature and could be reduced through the education of equality. He hopes that someday adults can
\nregain the purity on racial issues like the what the children have.<\/p>\n
-Quick Write, by Charles Wang, Co-founder of Youth Torch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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