BBT #16 Snippet | Race in Media

Black Box Theory Podcast · May 19, 2026 · 4m · transcript

Political actions have consequences that show up in culture before they show up in policy — in how people talk about race, in what media decides is worth covering, in what stereotypes get reinforced or challenged depending on who is in power and what story they need told. The portrayal of race in media is not accidental. It reflects choices made by people with platforms about which images get amplified, which narratives get humanized, and which communities get reduced to a single story told on repeat. And sitting underneath all of it is a conversation about civility — what it means, who gets…